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[b][color=8882be][h2]Oliver Raulot, AKA, Argyros[/h2][/color][/b][/center]
[b][u][center]AAAAAARGH!!![/center][/u][/b]
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Anansi's words did little to calm Oliver down. The revelation that Doctor Connors seemed predestined for tragedy prevented Oliver from running up and attacking the Spider God, sure. But it didn't do anything to make him feel better. If anything, it was worse. This man had been his mentor, what on earth had he done to deserve being a victim on a universal scale? He was already intimately familiar with the unfairness of the universe, but this was on a cosmic level. It felt cruel. And poor Arachnid, the woman he loved(? Oliver was uncertain on the details) was a universal constant as well, but her tragedy [i]wasn't.[/i] It must have been a vicious blow to his spirit.

(A selfish part of Oliver also wondered just why the Connors in his world seemed so much more dangerous than the other Anansi showed them. He couldn't imagine the Gar letting itself be drawn to such a public area, to give up the advantage like that..)

The multiverse, learning that there were many, many spiders out there, fighting similar fights to him. It should have felt reassuring, but with the other news, it felt crushing. They were the Spider God's pet project, but he didn't care a lick about the lives of those around them, just whether or not they could fight in his war. So Oliver fell back on a mantra that helped him get through the worst fight of his life, against the Human Fly.

[i][b][color=8882be]Demetrius, Elizabeth, Caroline from Alaska..[/color][/b][/i]

[i][b][color=8882be]Lilah, Narrows Michael and Tourist Michael..[/color][/b][/i]

He remembered the names of the people he had saved. It helped ease that crushing weight. Some of them he rescued from certain death, some he had helped get away from pushy guys outside of bars, some he'd just given directions to. But he'd helped them, big or small. He goes through more names, until eventually, he didn't feel so helpless. 

[b][color=8882be]"Phew, okay, okay.. I'm not saying [i]any[/i] of what you did to us, or neglected to do for us, was at all alright. But I do this to help people, and I have to assume a Multiversal Grudge Match is gonna cause a lot of people to get stuck in the crossfire, so I'm- HEY WAIT A MINUTE!"[/color][/b]

The Argyros Suit wasn't one for angry expressions, so Oliver looked a lot more bewildered than properly indignant. But trust in the tone of his voice, he was pissed. [b][color=8882be]"WATCH THE SECRET IDENTITIES!"[/color][/b]