♣ a time to be so small

[iamnotmute]

What would you do if you met an alternate of yourself?

Would you even care?

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[nameofnote]

How far does someone get from you before they're still your alternate, and not another person altogether?

[iamnotmute]

I don't know. That's between you and your 'alternate,' isn't it?

[nameofnote]

Maybe so. Haven't met one of myself, though I did meet an alternate of my father. He had a son, but the son wasn't me.

[iamnotmute]

I imagine that would be painful.

[nameofnote]

Wasn't a lark, but it could have been worse. Why do you ask to begin with?

[iamnotmute]

Curiosity.

[nameofnote]

I can think of worse reasons. But I'll keep my fingers crossed I don't run into myself all the same.

[iamnotmute]

I thought it was logical to think about, considering this is a universal nexus.

[nameofnote]

Have you known about the nexus long, then?

[iamnotmute]

Define long.

[nameofnote]

More than a couple months?

[iamnotmute]

Long, then.

Have you?

[nameofnote]

You've probably already guessed not. But it's been an eventful couple months.

[iamnotmute]

It was polite to ask.

The nexus tends to be. Is that how you met the other version of your father?

[nameofnote]

Indeed. And found out the reason why a stranger intervened to save my family years ago. Among other things.

[iamnotmute]

Among other things?