He's speaking. To him. Hart is speaking to Cisco right now and doesn't that mean this has to be in the now, current, not a past vibe of something already done because that's how it works, right? You can't change anything in the past, but you can interact with the present and oh, God. Oh, fuck.

His head is spinning as he tries to process this, but he finds his voice quick enough, worried about how quick this might end. "A different earth. Earth-1. Our worlds are freakishly parallel, actually, but--" He shakes his head. He doesn't have time for that. His voice shakes with the swirl of emotions coursing through him as he launches into whatever the next best explanation he can get out is.

"I'm not as good at this as Paco, I don't know how long this will last, but whatever you've been told is probably a lie, okay? Because we thought-- he thought you were gone and- and-- we're gonna save you. Okay? I don't care what it takes or what has to happen, we're gonna find a way. He's gonna be able to keep his promise to you, one way or another." His words come in a rapid-fire jumble that's probably not the easiest to keep up with, and he doesn't care how awkward and invasive that admission, to knowing that, seeing that moment even is right now. Worst first introduction ever.