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Now that I've collected what I'd evaluate as the basics of this place and how it's run, I'm curious enough to ask for a discussion of general opinions rather than concrete facts.

Particularly, regarding the supposedly confirmed ideas revolving around the state of our worlds. While the evidence supporting our homeworlds' destruction is considerable, I'd still like to hear what people think. It initially crossed my mind that it could be a very well-constructed lie, and while that has become a very distant possibility I'm hesitant to discard it altogether. And if it is in fact true, what happens then? Do you think there is a way to restore the places from which we've originated, or are we fighting for a Pyrrhic victory at best?

And that's not yet touching upon the more clearly confirmed matter of our souls and the replica forms we're using in place of our original bodies. I'd imagine this has caused existential crises aplenty, but let's put that aside for the moment. If the administrators possess the technology or magic to create such close copies, how is it they can't simply take out original bodies along with our souls in the first place And if there is a way to restore our worlds, would you logically assume that includes our original selves?

You're free to answer if you like, or ignore me altogether. It's your own choice. I can't really picture this as a simple matter to talk about without inciting a sense of dread and misery, so I'll hardly be offended if everyone shrugs this off and pretends they never saw it.

--Lord El-Melloi II

[Waver, honey. I'm sure signing your name like that is simply habit by now, but you might give your younger self a stroke.]

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Honestly what would you have done in my place? Probably the same thing. Signing with that name kind of screams 'please hate my guts'.

Look, you kind of get used to signing with that goddamn thing after a while. Habits are hard to break.

It just would have been nice to know beforehand.

And what kind of heart attack would you have had if I looked you in the eye and told you I was successor to the person we hated more than anything?

Or if I said 'I turned Volumen Hydragyrum into my personal maid?'

And that's not even covering that I took his teaching position as well.

Really? You don't think I'd be proud? That's the best way to rub it in his face!

I didn't want you to die from shock. That'd be a little inconvenient.

That kind of shock might be a good way to go.

You're such an idiot.

Are you done yelling at me?

Looks like it. So are you going to tell me how it happened?

It's not half as fun as it sounds, so no. If that much is going to stay the same between us--and I don't have much reason to assume it'll change--you might find out yourself.

But I'm going to be stuck here for a while, so you could just tell me.

I could, but how would that be entertaining for me? I'd just as soon watch you drive yourself crazy trying to guess.

I am so glad I'm on my own side.

It's not my fault I was this fun to tease as a kid.

...Actually it probably is my fault. Or yours. Gray area.