Nate slowly sat forward as his clone vanished. He felt his muscles tensing and he clasped his hands together, holding them over his knees. Something was wrong here. Usually, when he reabsorbed his clones, they became a part of him again. Their memories became his. Their thoughts and feelings all merged with his own. But this was different. Only a part came back. Fractured. Broken. There was a vague sense of fear that rushed through him as though the clone knew what was happening to him wasn't normal. Like he was afraid they he wouldn't get back to Nate. That he would really be gone.

Nate heard JJ's question but it was like an echo in his head. Like she was far away. His concentration was elsewhere but he heard her and he did his best to answer. "Because fading into nothing is terrifying." he said, his voice barely above a whisper. Nate had never really put much thought into where his clones go when they disappear. He always just assumed they became a part of him again, mentally and physically. But now he had to consider other possibilities.

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