"You and I really were different back then. I definitely didn't have your kind of presence at the time. That aura of yours is as confident as I was when I got possessed by an alien..." Tobey-Spider looked at Peter Parker and went on with a sigh.
"Were you calling me?" Before Tobey-Spider had even finished speaking, a liquid life-form as black as ink suddenly emerged, coalescing into a black head that greeted Tobey-Spider. "So another you from another universe ran into another me too? We really are fated!"
"Venom?!" Tobey-Spider cried out on the spot, then instantly tensed up, because in Tobey-Spider's mind, Venom was absolutely a bad guy. Back when he had been possessed by Venom, Tobey-Spider had done who knew how many awful things!
Picking up girls, awkward dancing, demanding a raise—was that his Tobey-Spider persona? He had practically become Bully Maguire, the thug who threw dirt in people's eyes!
"I can feel that you're full of prejudice against Venom!" Looking at the agitated Tobey-Spider, Peter Parker spread his hands and said softly, "Don't worry. Venom is definitely a good person."
"A good person?" Tobey-Spider's voice instantly rose an octave. He did not believe Venom was any good person. Venom absolutely had the ability to corrupt people's minds; otherwise, would he have done all those things he had wanted to do but never dared to?
"This doesn't seem to be the time to discuss that. I can guarantee Venom won't mess around, that's all. Right now, I actually have a few questions..." Peter Parker waved his hand, not continuing to argue with Tobey-Spider over whether Venom was good or bad, and changed the subject. "How did you bring me over from my own universe? Which one of you is this universe's Spider-Man?"
"This isn't my universe. I