Isabella Marie Swan ✝ &quot;Juliet&quot;

"Yeah."

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"I really appreciate you listening to me."

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"Anytime."

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"I think I'm out of things to say. I just need to think, I guess, and - meet Soph."

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He nods.

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Bella hugs him.

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He hugs back.

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That's good, it'd be pretty awkward otherwise.

Bella teleports to Mercury, for lack of any better ideas.

[Talked to Tony,] she reports to Sherlock.

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[Any conclusions?]

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[He had the idea of wishing up the Bella who you guys all remember, and pulling a Shell Bell therewith. I'm thinking about it.]

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[I've already done something similar, although I didn't instantiate the extra self first.]

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[I'd have to, I can't just edit my memories. How's the - pseudomerger - treating you?]

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[Better than any of the altrnatives. A little strange. The two continuities correspond remarkably well.]

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[So I wasn't that different? I'd expect to have been different. More Aurora-y.]

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[Virtually identical,] he says.

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[I guess the spell was trying to be conservative about making changes and sacrificed a little realism, if not enough for you to notice it.]

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[I invite you to argue with your proposed fork about how realistic she is.]

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[Do you not have fabricated memories of hearing me talk about - I mean, I would've compared and contrasted with Aurora, did I counterfactually say anything about that?]

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[You did. Apparently your parents picked favourites and that was the key difference.]

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[I guess that'd do it. I don't like it, but at least it's not what Aurora got.]

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[Which parent now remembers liking me noticeably less than Soph, or didn't I say?]

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[Your mother.]

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[Okay then.] Bella sighs.

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