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[vivifier]

 [ And when people walk down the halls come morning, they will find this giant, hulking piece of  armor just standing there. The lights are off, so clearly whoever wears it is no longer inside. Could they be far? Only time will tell. ] 

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[vivifier]

[ He looks back at his armor. ]

I did. I had to.

[haveagoodheart]

What happened?

[vivifier]

It keeps me from scarring more. [ As if that's somehow an answer. ]

[haveagoodheart]

[She gently turns his face to the side to see the scarring]

How did that happen?

[vivifier]

[ How does he even begin to explain this to her. ]

I fought a monster. [ Ha. ]

[haveagoodheart]

And I should see the other guy?

[she teases.]

[vivifier]

Apparently, I am the other guy.

[haveagoodheart]

Oh honey...

Your father should look at this.

[vivifier]

[ A dull look. ]

My father is dead. And Joe wouldn't care.

[haveagoodheart]

[That gets her attention]

Wh-what happened to your father? Why wouldn't Joe care? He loves you.

[vivifier]

My father was murdered. You... [ He shakes his head. ]

Does he? He loves Barry Allen. Me, not so much.

[haveagoodheart]

[Oh. Knife to her heart. Henry? She steels her nerves because her son needs her and it may not even be her Henry that this happens to]

That doesn't sound like Joe West at all.

[vivifier]

...I'm not lying.

[haveagoodheart]

I believe you.

[she does. But that doesn't sound like Joe at all.]

[vivifier]

They all abandoned me. Every one of them.

[haveagoodheart]

[And her heart breaks a second time. Nora doesn't hesitate in putting her arms around him]

[vivifier]

[ He legitimately has no idea how to react. While even the Barry who can barely even speak coherently would hug her back immediately, all he really does is stand there, stricken and a little shaken.

Okay, a lot. A lot shaken. ]

[haveagoodheart]

[She can't imagine what kind of world this version of her son is from. But she is tempted to bring both this one and the other one back with her. Henry would understand. Right? Right.]

[vivifier]

[ Bringing himself to hug her? Is difficult. More so than he'd like. He's almost afraid this is a trap, and when he does she'll disappear. Or he's somehow found himself back in the speed force.

Still. Eventually, he manages it. ]

[haveagoodheart]

[Nora doesn't let go. At all. With this one, she never will.]