Quite a few years ago.
I wasn’t here, I was on Earth 114, hunting down a ‘demon’ that was assimilating souls from children.
Long story short, I broke into a house where something that looked like a man was doing things to children.
I ended him with the help of a little doll named Jeremiah that lives in my coat. He helps me, gives me powers that I couldn’t attain on my own. He hates child molesters in any form too.
Bounced back to Earth 113; it’s a norm World, no Magic, no Powers, nothing.
Went to a bar, just wanted to relax.
Pissing, and realize Dime is next to me.
Etiquette be damned. I tell him he’s the GOAT.
He replies “much appreciated brother, what can I do for ya?”
I finish, shake it off, step back and realize he’s got two shadows.
I know what this means, and it’s appearent he does too.
He looks at me, sees my 3 shadows and asks “are you ok?”
I tell him I am, ask the same.
He replies:
“ I’m good brother, let’s get a drink”
I realize there’s a demon riding him, realize the pattern of him getting there and being that guy is because of this.
“You sure brother?!”
He tells me “I’ve seen it. I know what’s up, I know it’ll hurt you and me if I let it. I won’t.”
I ask if we’re safe, ask if I can do anything for him, he tells me ‘nah, I asked for this, I’m handling it.’
I tell him it’ll kill him early, he tells me he knows, but he’s seen it and knows it’ll be ok. It’ll be a thing where his band, his playing, his bends even, make a difference.
I tell him:
“You could be with her, you could have this be a thing, it’s not as important, it doesn’t matter so much, you’re a blip.”
He replied:
“Nah, the blip doesn’t matter. I need to, have to, be an influence. It had to happen, we have to go forward. There’s no one else that can be this guy.”
That’s the time I met Dime; that’s the time he made a difference to me and to metal.