my dad
"You can't have it all, kid."
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"You think we'll be together in every universe?" I asked with a hint of hope and nervousness, already knowing the answer Miguel would give me. It was always the same one, afterall. "Why don't you go do a mission? I just assigned you one." Miguel responded back with some annoyance to his tone, clearly not wanting to deal with such an idiotic question. Of course we wouldn't.

I reluctantly agreed to the command and checked my gizmo for the mission. Some anomaly causing havoc in another universe like always. Nothing new. Just the same loop over and over again. I open up the portal and look back at Miguel, but he still didn't look at me, his eyes focused on each holographic tab he had opened.

".. Maybe in another universe." I walked in the portal just as it closed behind me, leaving Miguel with his thoughts. "Yeah. Maybe in another one."