We're both tall. I met my future self, too. Put your hands on the floor.

[ he lets vash's incessant questioning go on, humming again as if that's the response his brother wants to hear. ] I walked through my gate and ended up here, out in the desert somewhere. Then your future self found me and we... hung out together until my gate came back. [ he trails off there, mind wandering as he recalls that time. even now the taste of apple pie lingers. he never got the chance to make it for vash, did he?

nai shakes his head, dispelling that train of thought before raising a foot to step on vash's back. ] Okay, stay still.