"Listen--theeey don't. They don't gotta ruin you. They know what t'say. To get underrr yer skin. but they're not real. Okay? They're not...you."

He pulls his hand away from Adia so he can reach up and poke her gently in the chest over her heart. Josh is shaken, pale and sweaty. But he seems determined to try and explain this to Adia.

"Only you are...are you. And I'm th'only me. Others....they can have th'same name. But they're not me. If I'm....if I'm an alternate...then that jus' means there's better versions of me out there. Heh. Good.....fer them."