His heart sunk into his stomach when he saw you, alive and well. It'd been almost two years since you'd been gone and being able to see your face was like air in his lungs. You'd been less than happy to see him however, acting like you didn't even know who he was, when he'd explained you had scoffed and told him that Booster Gold had died with the original Blue beetle, and that you'd taken on the Blue beetle mantle with no Booster to go with it. His heart broke to imagine you doing this all on your own, "You're serious?..." He asked, voice cracking. How could this be real? He and Ted were dead here, and Ted's right hand man was now working day and night to keep their dream alive. Alone. "You're kidding right? You can't be doing it all by yourself. Booster gold and Blue beetle need each other-"