Wanda's use of the word family makes Tommy's insides lurch a little; the Wanda he knows back in his own world had made some good talk about being there for her family, but in reality, she didn't have much to do with Tommy afterward. Tommy had been so resistant to believing Wanda really was his mother-of-sorts for exactly that reason - why should he bother, he'd asked, to acknowledge that connection if she was only going to disappear again?
He tries to ignore the bitterness in the back of his throat that rises up when he thinks about it by not thinking about it. His own birth parents didn't want much to do with him, either - why would a woman he barely knew be any different?
But the Wanda in front of him is clearly different from the one he and Billy and the other Young Avengers had searched for. She wants to know, and she's already been nothing but kind to Tommy. There's probably no harm in explaining to her the weirdness of his life. He sits on the couch and gently pets Arado until Wanda returns.
"It's not really a huge secret or anything," Tommy says, glancing up to Wanda with a light shrug. "I'm a mutant - so's my twin, Billy. I grew up in New Jersey, and I didn't even know I had a twin until a couple of years ago. Normally, I've got super speed, and Billy's got magic." Much like the Wanda and Pietro of Tommy's Earth - that part goes without saying.
"I was in juvie when Billy and the other Young Avengers found me," Tommy continues, "broke me out, gave me a chance to join the team and turn my life around. Be a hero, y'know? But Billy got this idea in his head that me and him must've been Scarlet Witch's reincarnated-soul children. See, the Wanda back home did some reality-warping at one point, and part of that was that she had twin boys with the same names as me and Billy. Reality got unwarped eventually, but me and Billy still ended up with those kids' souls, I guess?"
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He tries to ignore the bitterness in the back of his throat that rises up when he thinks about it by not thinking about it. His own birth parents didn't want much to do with him, either - why would a woman he barely knew be any different?
But the Wanda in front of him is clearly different from the one he and Billy and the other Young Avengers had searched for. She wants to know, and she's already been nothing but kind to Tommy. There's probably no harm in explaining to her the weirdness of his life. He sits on the couch and gently pets Arado until Wanda returns.
"It's not really a huge secret or anything," Tommy says, glancing up to Wanda with a light shrug. "I'm a mutant - so's my twin, Billy. I grew up in New Jersey, and I didn't even know I had a twin until a couple of years ago. Normally, I've got super speed, and Billy's got magic." Much like the Wanda and Pietro of Tommy's Earth - that part goes without saying.
"I was in juvie when Billy and the other Young Avengers found me," Tommy continues, "broke me out, gave me a chance to join the team and turn my life around. Be a hero, y'know? But Billy got this idea in his head that me and him must've been Scarlet Witch's reincarnated-soul children. See, the Wanda back home did some reality-warping at one point, and part of that was that she had twin boys with the same names as me and Billy. Reality got unwarped eventually, but me and Billy still ended up with those kids' souls, I guess?"