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unfold as best they could.
          "Dude, did you pick someone else in this timeline?" Billy said, clearly talking to the alien in his head.
          "Are you talking to the alien right now?" the new girl asked.
          "Of course I'm talking to Dude right now!" Billy said.
          "I don't even know how this is possible," the new girl said.
          "How what is possible?" Billy said.
          "I'm guessing all of it," Titus said. He looked at Kate, who had, like Doc, taken a step away from everyone else to simply observe.
          Younger-Jane watched as Titus tried to disappear as well, but, in a throwback to his less confident days, mostly looked like he was mortified.
          "This is why I didn't want to tell you guys anything," Annie said. "I knew you'd freak out."
          "I am not freaking out!" Billy said. "Okay. I'm freaking out!"
          "I'm not you!" the new girl said. "Wait, this is the old Straylight?"
          Billy stomped his feet.
          "Old Straylight? I'm the old Straylight? Did I quit? Tell me I didn't quit. Wait, Dude, did you dump me? For someone younger?"
          "Billy," younger-Jane said. "Give it a minute."
          "This is so much worse than finding out I'm a hot girl in this other timeline."
          "Watch it," the new Straylight said. "Don't be a creep. I didn't realize my predecessor was a creep."
          "I'm not a creep. And where am I?" Billy said. "Did I get captured again? Seriously, did they shoot me with the thing that kicks Dude out again? I don't want to do that twice. I hope that doesn't happen a second time."
          "You died, Billy," older-Jane said softly.
          She grabbed his hand and held it.
          Billy stopped fidgeting and stood completely still as she spoke.
          "You're gone. You died."
          "I'm dead?" Billy said.
          "You were so brave," older-Jane said. "You died saving so many people. It was the stupidest, bravest thing I ever saw."
          "I'm dead? You're saying I'm dead?"
          "You died a hero, Billy Case," older-Jane said.
          "I don't care if I died king of Mars, I don't want to be dead!" Billy said.
          "Well it's the truth," older-Jane said. "It's so strange to see you here, like this."
          "Yeah, it's pretty weird for me too," Billy said.
          Older-Jane shook her head, then looked back and forth from her younger self to Billy.
          "You aren't together in your timeline, are you?" she said. "I can tell."
          Younger-Jane and Billy locked eyes.
          "Together?" Billy, Jane, and Emily all said at the same time.
          Emily started laughing so hard she had to cling to Doc's jacket for support.
          "The future is amazing," she said, wiping tears of laughter from her eyes.

 
     
     
    Chapter 13:
    The King of Wolves
     
     
          After the ruckus died down—at least, after everyone but Emily got themselves back under control—Annie suggested they should find this future's Titus next.
          Older-Jane looked at Kate and Titus and frowned.
          "Annie, you know he's . . ." she started.
          "He'll be fine," Annie said. "He'll be okay."
          "I can't wait to find out how messed up I am in the future," Titus said, his voice laden with sarcasm. "I'm not dreading this at all."
          Older-Jane smiled.
          "You're what's holding this world together, Titus Whispering," she said. "You're doing exactly what you were born to do. But it's been rough on you. Just be ready."
          Titus looked at Kate, but the Dancer offered no comfort, looking coldly ahead.
          "Let's go," she said.
          Jessie, the replacement Straylight, gestured for everyone to follow her. She led them down a poorly lit corridor, through an area that looked like it might have once been an atrium, now littered with glass from broken windows. Through another set of