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[Oh, hey X. You're looking... kinda different? He's actually in his armor, for one, and he seems to have... invested in new contacts? Jeez, X, red's a pretty sinister eye color. Might wanna reconsider that one.

He doesn't appear to be in his room, either. People who know the school reallly well might recognize the truancy office. ~~Or recognize Resetti's holes in the ceiling.~~]

I guess I'd better introduce myself sooner rather than later. My name is X. I'm what you might call a reploid, if any of you are familiar with the term. If you're not, I suppose it'd be simplest to just call me a robot. I'll be joining this school's truancy staff. I expect, of course, that I won't be all that busy. You're all dedicated students here, I hope?

[Is there an implied "or else" in there? No, of course not. Nice reploids like X would never do something like that.]

There's... something a little unusual that I'd like cleared up, actually. I was familiarizing myself with the school's records, and I was more than a little surprised to note that I'm apparently already here; there's an X listed in the enrollment records. Is this some sort of filing error?

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[Whhhhhhhhaaaat. So he is X but he is not, he is a copy? He is a robotic copy and he was...okay with it? HOW DO ROBOT WORK. Garry didn't know, this guy had an off body language.]

Consider me one of those who knows the other X, he's a student of mine.

Does it upset you?

That you're teaching my past self? No, not at all. Should it?

...Ah, I suppose it goes without saying that you already know my name, don't you? May I ask yours?

[Garry is so confooz. But.]

It's Garry. I'm the painting teacher.

...I only mean it if you are both "X", then does it upset someone is here who is much like, if not exactly like you then...

[Oh my gooooood, Garry what do you know about robots. Answer: nothing.]

Listen to me, that must have sounded incredibly rude. Sorry, I'm not knowledgeable on the subject.

Oh, no. It doesn't bother me at all.

[He says, wearing a plastic smile.]

I know who I am; the presence of my other self shouldn't necessarily have to change that, should it?

[AND TIME FOR A VERY QUICK SUBJECT CHANGE. This is not a topic Copy X does so hot with.]

You have nothing to worry about; I didn't think you were being rude. It's not as though there's much of a precedent for this sort of thing, is there?

No, I mean if it ever gets confusing since you're both "X" perhaps there would be something you'd like me to call you? It's a common thing. I kind of did it if there were other "Garries" around me.

[garry made an awkward smile.]

Yeah, that seems pretty obvious on my end, does it?

Good question. Everyone's just called me X my whole life, so changing it around now would feel strange. I... suppose it's only fair that the X who got here first gets to stay just plain X, though, isn't it?

It's a little confusing for me too; I can't say I ever expected to meet myself, honestly.

I'm not saying that either, did you ever have a nickname? Rather than changing your name, you can give yourself a nickname!

[Just as long as it's not a fluffy name. Garry had been called "Garbear" by his romantic partners...ugh.]

...I'd rather not say it out loud.

[Not that he saw anything especially shameful about being called "Copy X" -- it was, after all, the closest thing he had to a real name. But... it's kind of hard to introduce a title like that and still pretend that you aren't a copy, you know?]

Call me anything you want to, I guess. Other X, or whatever else suits you.