Eliot froze when he said that. Of course this wasn't his Sean. The universe couldn't be that kind. It wasn't like he didn't have experience with meeting versions of people from different timelines. Penny-23 had actually been kind of cool, even if he thought it was weird to see him and Julia together instead of him and Kady.
"Right, of course," Eliot said, stepping back and straightening his spine. "Sorry for assuming." It was only going to break his heart again, it was fine. No big deal. "So you're from a nicer Madison Valley?" That sounded impossible.