"Not you. But I've crossed paths with a version of you," Kitty said and then clarified, "In a good way. We weren't on opposite sides or anything."

People slowly went back to what they were doing. One of the good things about the Inn was that everyone had their own stories and secrets and people tended not to stick their noses in where they weren't invited. And since most people knew Kitty, they knew if she was having a quiet-voices conversation, she actually cared if they listened in.

Still, she couldn't help smiling at the way he leaned in, trying to be stealthy about it. It reminded her a little of Bobby, back in the old days. "For the most part, you stuck to your home territory. We were sort of...international." And occasionally interplanetary but that got complicated fast.