I'm not going to read 28 pages to find if this was discussed or not but I think this could be interesting. I never picked up on this before until I saw the trailer for the Switch edition.
Young Johnny says "he shot
OUR face"
Old Johnny says "he's going to get
US killed"
Here you can see both Cages are fine.
No mark on Old Cage's left cheek:
Young Cage gets shot on the left Cheek:
As a result, Old Cage receives a mark on his left Cheek:
This is going to make for some interesting humour during the story mode I think. Yet at the same time I think it means the people in the story really have to learn to rely on and protect each other. I predict that the story will start off with people hating there younger selves and then they soon realise they have to get on the same page really quickly since if one dies the other most likely will, too. That's what I predict anyway. Not a very bold or surprising prediction but hey it's something lol.