Psysquid remains thoughtful, listening to you explain he isn't really of this 'reality'.
"Uh, I suppose I should have realized it by the amount of granny-porn hanging around here," he mutters, shaking his head. "In any circumstance...I take it we have not tried to rescue your half-brother then?" he asks, "Better that way then, nothing to feel sorry for."
You frown, and ask him to explain.
"Well...from where I come from, you did in fact rescue your half-brother. Turns out he wasn't the sanest of people -still, mostly sane- and kept on babbling about 'good' and 'helping others' and 'we're all good at heart' and stupid stuff like that. You sent him and myself with a complement on the last mission...I think it was mostly the same, claiming a volcano, subjugating the people, terrorizing the mermaids..." he waves off the usual 'Evil' things. Only, his speech is far more on the serious side of the 'Evil' rather than your 'sunny-side up'.
"Well, since he kept insisting about 'no, there's no need to kill the little mermaid, just have her come with us' I might have kicked him out of the submarine," he shrugged. "You did mutate him with a shark, so I suppose he's fine...wherever the hell he is."
"Why would I mutate him with a shark, of all people?"
"Well, you do prefer living beings mutated, and use Cogs sparingly your evilness...you sort of like breaking people and making them anew," he adds with a shrug. "I suppose presentations are in order then?" Psysquid continues, "I do not know about your Psysquid, but I am known as 'Psysquid, the Yellow King' after a famous play..." he points at his tentacles. "And these are quite nifty for gathering information and breaking up psychologically the target."
It appears your 'other' self was more of a 'no joke - extremely serious' approach...a sociopath, maybe.
"For the 'i can go back' thing," Psysquid continues, "I meant it literally. I thought I could go back and get your Half-Brother back if you really wanted him...but you did sort of mention a prize for whoever got rid of him."
"Why not break him?" you ask then, "If I was all that serious on breaking people..."
"Oh, you did. Didn't stick and didn't work, the bugger became a Heroic Hero with the serious intention of 'Converting you back to Good'. He was such a terrible preacher you mutated him with shark to keep his tongue skewered by his teeth."
Uh, Sadistic, your other self.
"Do you *like* it here?" you ask.
"Does it matter what *I* like, your evilness?" Psysquid deadpans. "I live to serve, I thrive in obeisance. I will not betray."
He actually 'drones' the last part out.
Uh. You probably could learn how that works from your other self...if you ever met.
But you don't really think it would be a smart idea.
"Can you bring others to the temple?" you ask him, and Psysquid frowns.
"I have no idea. I just saw it and...by impulse, I selected the '*********' symbol."
Your ears are dripping blood.
You take a moment to control yourself and regain your balance.
Psysquid inclines his head to the side. "Interesting. It appears the mention of the meaning of the symbol achieves a result in stressing the psyche..." he turns thoughtful. "Is Cheerie available for more testing?"
"Eh?"
"Is she not your Dark Advisor in this reality?" he asks curious. "I would have thought she was. Mechanical stuff and all...no?"
You sort-of shake your head. "Curious." He turned thoughtful, "Curious..."
Alternate reality questions?