What if in this au somehow magically the event that got him back to Blackrock also killed this au’s medkit (maybe a wipeout of the church? Perhaps the Scorch happened recently in present-day?) and the fake one was either 1 created by subspace to help him cope because he’s gone again he just got med back and he was gone again this can’t be happening he won’t let this happen and he went a little crazy and created the simulation and is delusional and has convinced himself that it’s the real one and the reason this med acts so strange is because of trauma from the scorch he ‘survived’ or 2 created by other Blackrock officials because sub was a valuable asset and they needed to keep him around and sub has no idea this isn’t the real one and that’s also why he’s so much more trusting of this med because they were in the church together
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