cross_and_bow | many people move here to start families

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.

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From:

cross_and_bow

"I really appreciate you listening to me."

From:

toblameforit

"Anytime."

From:

cross_and_bow

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

From:

toblameforit

He nods.

From:

cross_and_bow

Bella hugs him.

From:

toblameforit

He hugs back.

From:

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.

From:

eversomuchfun

[Any conclusions?]

From:

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.]

From:

eversomuchfun

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

From:

cross_and_bow

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

From:

eversomuchfun

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

From:

cross_and_bow

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

From:

eversomuchfun

[Virtually identical,] he says.

From:

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.]

From:

eversomuchfun

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

From:

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?]