many people move here to start families

[cross_and_bow]

Bella is hanging out in a Jarvis - the familiar one - handwriting a nonaggression proposal-slash-bribe. Has to be handwritten. Damn fussy demons. At least it's okay for her to conjure rather than personally harvesting the weird ink she's supposed to use.

Comments

[toblameforit]

He shrugs.

[cross_and_bow]

"Do you remember me getting along with her okay, though?"

[toblameforit]

"Yeah. You guys were fine."

[cross_and_bow]

"Like - you've met Aurora and Lexi, right, can you compare?"

[toblameforit]

"I dunno," he says. "Maybe not as close?"

[cross_and_bow]

"Makes sense, I guess, they're twins."

[toblameforit]

"Yeah."

[cross_and_bow]

"I really appreciate you listening to me."

[toblameforit]

"Anytime."

[cross_and_bow]

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

[toblameforit]

He nods.

[cross_and_bow]

Bella hugs him.

[toblameforit]

He hugs back.

[cross_and_bow]

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.

[eversomuchfun]

[Any conclusions?]

[cross_and_bow]

[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.]

[eversomuchfun]

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

[cross_and_bow]

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

[eversomuchfun]

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

[cross_and_bow]

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

[eversomuchfun]

[Virtually identical,] he says.

[cross_and_bow]

[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.]

[eversomuchfun]

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

[cross_and_bow]

[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?]

[eversomuchfun]

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