"We're unsure. We might be able to break others out mentally - remove their amnesia, and their blindness to this world's flaws."

"Nausicaa and Sue - the Scarlet Witch's children - might be good to approach. I don't think they'd approve of this, at all."

A pause.

"We don't remember her having children, in the real world."

" - That makes no sense, though, I - know them, they're as real in my head as Thor..."

"Thor was in that world. Intermittently one of the Avengers, alongside the Scarlet Witch."

"Then - why the difference?"

"We don't know."

" - I want to try talking to them anyways." Even if -

What if being their friend is fake, what if it's just mind control -

"We'd recommend caution."

"Yeah. This whole - thing - is a mess."

"We'll do what we can, though."

Slow smile. "Yeah. Best we got."

"Okay. So - what do you remember?"

The five girls relay everything relevant to Loki's earlier life - and to the Scarlet Witch.

That they remember or ever learned, at least.

She works her history over with them, then departs, steeling herself to head back to Genosha.

She sends Nausicaa and Sue a request to meet. Despite her fluttering nerves, she doesn't let on there's any rush. Just - normal hanging out.

They accept about an hour later, and Nausicaa even has some suggestions for some nice nature parks they can talk alone in.

Good.

She's pacing nervously on the dirt path, trees arching far over her head, when they get there.

"Loki? Something wrong?" Nausicaa calls, flying over from the teleport pad and landing nearby.

Sue zips up behind her, looking just as concerned.

" - Not here. Come on, let's - walk around a bit," she says, turning to head into the trees.

Her friends follow.

"You're acting really weird. What happened?"

(There's a crow, watching them, high in the tree branches. Alone.)

Loki sees the crow, of course. She can't not.

"Have you ever - felt something was... Weird, or wrong, or that your memories didn't all line up?"

"...What?"

"I mean - not any more than normal - "

Sue has a hand to her head.

"I think - I know - we're being messed with. Some of my memories are fake."