"I have your abilities now."
Riley said it so casually, almost as if he himself wasn't experiencing this for the very first time.
"Oh, but of course…" He whispered as four of them looked at Replica Ricky's clones. "I don't really have your abilities. You still have it. We… both have it? Confusing."
"What… what are you?!"
Replica Ricky and his replicas all took several steps back, huddling together like a pack of scared chicks whose nest was suddenly invaded by a large human hand. They all looked at each other before the replicas all focused solely on the original.
"Huh…" All the Rileys tilted their heads to the side, looking at their palms before pointing them at the Replica Rickys.
"But do you know what's not confusing?" He said. "Is that I know I can do this."
"Wh—"
