He doesn't just suddenly remember one day, and he hasn't always remembered. But slowly, he realizes that his thought processes are different, and he has memories of things that never happened.
Except they did, didn't they?
On his fourteenth birthday, he knows that Mom died. But she doesn't. He has a very nice party with all the cousins and kids from school, and Wyatt is there smiling and laughing instead of orbing in too late because he got held up with friends.
Everything is different, except nothing is.
He judges everyone with knowledge he shouldn't have, tempered by experiences he never experienced. He'll realize later just how subtle it was - no one noticed, not even Wyatt.
It's why he'll succeed where his brother failed before; he has seen what went wrong, and knows how to fix it.
He doesn't just suddenly remember, and doesn't just suddenly change. That was Wyatt's greatest mistake, he thinks, listening to his brother complain about one of his classes. It's why the first Chris rejected him so completely.
When Chris offers Wyatt the chance, though, he knows his brother will take it, and they'll be able to save the world from itself.
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Date: 2015-09-24 06:48 pm (UTC)He doesn't just suddenly remember one day, and he hasn't always remembered. But slowly, he realizes that his thought processes are different, and he has memories of things that never happened.
Except they did, didn't they?
On his fourteenth birthday, he knows that Mom died. But she doesn't. He has a very nice party with all the cousins and kids from school, and Wyatt is there smiling and laughing instead of orbing in too late because he got held up with friends.
Everything is different, except nothing is.
He judges everyone with knowledge he shouldn't have, tempered by experiences he never experienced. He'll realize later just how subtle it was - no one noticed, not even Wyatt.
It's why he'll succeed where his brother failed before; he has seen what went wrong, and knows how to fix it.
He doesn't just suddenly remember, and doesn't just suddenly change. That was Wyatt's greatest mistake, he thinks, listening to his brother complain about one of his classes. It's why the first Chris rejected him so completely.
When Chris offers Wyatt the chance, though, he knows his brother will take it, and they'll be able to save the world from itself.