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[sleuth_ing]

[Sup, Anatole. There is a confident-looking youth sitting at a table, centered in the camera. Close-cropped blue hair and a matching hat frame an androgynous face, and at first it is difficult to guess the gender of the person gazing keenly at the Forge. The voice, however, is female enough, although on the deep side.Hello. If I understand

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video - So cute, Naoto. Verity loves her already.

[calamitousnaiad]

That is a very good thought, Naoto. I hadn't really thought about that, though I can say that I've noticed that there are several specific time periods in specific locations outside of this world from which the portal seems to draw people. Large families have come through separately over a short period of time, acquaintances, friends, co-workers all from relatively the same time and place. That seems like proof, to me, that the Door can not be drawing people here randomly. It's practically impossible, statistically speaking, given that there are not only an unimaginably astronomical number of separate worlds and even realities that the portal can draw from, but within those separate worlds the specific geographic locations and possible times from which people can be pulled are almost incalculable. It seems so ridiculously unlikely that even two people who come from the same general vicinity should show up here, and yet there are comparatively huge groups of people who know each other and are even related, socially or familially. Perhaps finding out their exact times and spaces could tell us a lot about why the portal chose them, because I find it very hard to believe that any of this can be random.

[Oh, Naoto. Here five minutes and already Verity is spewing her theories all over you. She is articulate despite her enthusiasm and the speed at which she speaks and it is clear she has spent a lot of time considering things and observing her fellow denizens of this world.

And books, too. Naoto is already well on her way to becoming one of Verity's favorite people.]

Of course! I can always find time to discuss a good book. And Dorothy Sayers is one of my favorite authors, so I'm more than glad to share her work with you. I like this idea very much, a little literature exchange!