"It really isn't," Otto agrees, despite not being a part of this conversation at all!
In his defense, people usually notice him coming - the actuators and he make for a very large presence, and there's usually some kind of faint whirring happening somewhere about his person. He assumes the comment was meant to him, or at least generally to whoever was nearby. "But I suppose that's what happens when reality gets involved," he continues. Reality and numbers. Back home, Peter was probably just sneaking in under the wire; if there were more of them, Otto imagines the government would crack down.
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In his defense, people usually notice him coming - the actuators and he make for a very large presence, and there's usually some kind of faint whirring happening somewhere about his person. He assumes the comment was meant to him, or at least generally to whoever was nearby. "But I suppose that's what happens when reality gets involved," he continues. Reality and numbers. Back home, Peter was probably just sneaking in under the wire; if there were more of them, Otto imagines the government would crack down.