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=== Origins === | === Origins === | ||
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The Man in Grey was once [[the Man in Black]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') As he once confessed to [[Professor Wogglebug (925th Universe)|Professor Wogglebug]], the Man in Grey had difficulty recalling this earlier existence, openly wondering: “I swear my robes were a lot darker than this… when did they even become grey?”. As a result he was unsure of what his real name was, or his original species; he didn't know if he was mortal or not, whether he was human, or how many hearts he had. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') He did know enough to be keen to keep any association between himself and his darker-robed counterpart a secret; he did | The Man in Grey was once [[the Man in Black]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') As he once confessed to [[Professor Wogglebug (925th Universe)|Professor Wogglebug]], the Man in Grey had difficulty recalling this earlier existence, openly wondering: “I swear my robes were a lot darker than this… when did they even become grey?”. As a result he was unsure of what his real name was, or his original species; he didn't know if he was mortal or not, whether he was human, or how many hearts he had. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') He had some awareness of having had other bodies before his current one, once ruminating that “in many ways, this form was severely limiting, but it was the one he had”. ([[PROSE]]: [[Open Sourcing (short story)|''Open Sourcing'' (2024 reedit)]]) | ||
He did know enough to be keen to keep any association between himself and his darker-robed counterpart a secret; he did have some awareness of the Man in Black's activities, reacting meaningfully to the mention of the name of “[[Nth Doctor (Third Universe)|Fred]]” ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') and cutting [[Doctor Know (925th Universe)|Doctor Know]] off when he playfully threatened to tell the [[Great Higher-Up]]s about his involvement in “[[War in Heaven|the War—]]”. ([[PROSE]]: [[Open Sourcing (short story)|''Open Sourcing'' (2024 reedit)]]) | |||
By the time he met [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]], he was able to confirm to her that “the Man in Grey” was in fact his legal name. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tribulations of Jenny Over-There (short story)|The Tribulations of Jenny Over-There]]'') | By the time he met [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]], he was able to confirm to her that “the Man in Grey” was in fact his legal name. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tribulations of Jenny Over-There (short story)|The Tribulations of Jenny Over-There]]'') | ||
