"Cool." Casey just repeats again, accepting it like it's nothing. "I haven't done the time bit, although I've been in the gateway between dimensions--and that was weird, as I'm pretty sure we all saw different, dorkier, versions of ourselves. That counts as being in space, right?"

Challenging teasing back just as much. Truthfully, for all the dorkiness, the alternate version of him definitely looked tougher. Casey hoped he had a bit more growing in the muscle department, after seeing the potential.

"But nah, it started with a crazy mutant attack on my friend April. She was my trig tutor, and we were setting up a study date when this big giant globby monster starts coming after her. We fended it off for, then ran, but she never did explain it. After that, she was apparently fighting with her friends, and came to hang out with me at the Hockey rink. That's when the crazy robo-ninjas showed up. She tried to lead them away from me--not sure if it worked, as I had my hands full taking 'em out."

Yes, he is entirely serious about all of this.