[ The ghost of his father looks past Simon at the man standing behind him, and its eyebrows go up.
"Well. Who's this?"
Simon turns, even now obeying the unspoken commands of the Templar patriarch. He turns, and he sees... himself. Older--or maybe it's just the beard, maybe Patricia was right--and so tangible he feels like he must be hallucinating. He must be.
Just like that, the words of that man from the network come back to him. You look like my boyfriend, and he has a beard!
Simon hadn't thought much of it, then. So he looked similar to someone else, who cared? He was still unequivocally himself, and anyone who thought to duplicate him would be hard-pressed to do so.
But this wasn't a man who looked like him. This was a man who had his face.
He swallows, trying to muster himself, trying rebuild the walls and arrange his verbal troops. Come to his own defense.
This is not happening.
Simon closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, straightening, forcing a smile. ]
I do hope you know a Jeff Calhoun, or I'm going to be the bearer of some very bad news for both of us.
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"Well. Who's this?"
Simon turns, even now obeying the unspoken commands of the Templar patriarch. He turns, and he sees... himself. Older--or maybe it's just the beard, maybe Patricia was right--and so tangible he feels like he must be hallucinating. He must be.
Just like that, the words of that man from the network come back to him. You look like my boyfriend, and he has a beard!
Simon hadn't thought much of it, then. So he looked similar to someone else, who cared? He was still unequivocally himself, and anyone who thought to duplicate him would be hard-pressed to do so.
But this wasn't a man who looked like him. This was a man who had his face.
He swallows, trying to muster himself, trying rebuild the walls and arrange his verbal troops. Come to his own defense.
This is not happening.
Simon closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, straightening, forcing a smile. ]
I do hope you know a Jeff Calhoun, or I'm going to be the bearer of some very bad news for both of us.