[ She didn't recognize Otto, at first. It's the lack of robo-tentacles, the way he moves without obvious back pain, the fact that he doesn't look tired. In fact, Doreen had genuinely been going to the diner to get some lunch; doing confluence recon is hungry work, and she had kinda stumbled into the seat once she'd finally escaped the lineup at the counter.
Doreen thinks back to Loki advising her to stay out of this whole mess, since the emotional fallout from this confluence is going to be much worse than anything the actual reality warping could do. Dammit, he was right. ]
diner!
[ She didn't recognize Otto, at first. It's the lack of robo-tentacles, the way he moves without obvious back pain, the fact that he doesn't look tired. In fact, Doreen had genuinely been going to the diner to get some lunch; doing confluence recon is hungry work, and she had kinda stumbled into the seat once she'd finally escaped the lineup at the counter.
Doreen thinks back to Loki advising her to stay out of this whole mess, since the emotional fallout from this confluence is going to be much worse than anything the actual reality warping could do. Dammit, he was right. ]