he likes that - maybe there's a version of her out there that's alive, because of what you've done. ]
... A story with many settings. Many endings. Maybe even written by a different hand. [ a simulation does kind of make sense in that context - but more so, it feels like the strange changes of this week, too. how things could be different, if different choices were made. maybe all those versions of him exist, too.
there's a long, thoughtful pause - and then he smiles, gentle, and very genuine. ] Thank you, Gamaliel. For the explanation, and... for your kind words, too. It helps.
I think that I must tell myself - it is important to carry those people, those stories, with me. I believe so firmly that those that we remember, those we hold onto, live and remain so long as we don't forget them. It is part of why I write so much as I do.
[ ... ]
Have you experienced similar? Simulations, you said.
[ she doesn't say it out loud, but she deeply agrees with that; carrying the people and stories with them. ]
Not... exactly. [ she hesitates a tad longer before correcting; ] Or, not firsthand. But I spent a lot of time observing different simulations and variations on timelines. Trying to hone in on a specific one. Their lives weren't any lesser because of it.
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he likes that - maybe there's a version of her out there that's alive, because of what you've done. ]
... A story with many settings. Many endings. Maybe even written by a different hand. [ a simulation does kind of make sense in that context - but more so, it feels like the strange changes of this week, too. how things could be different, if different choices were made. maybe all those versions of him exist, too.
there's a long, thoughtful pause - and then he smiles, gentle, and very genuine. ] Thank you, Gamaliel. For the explanation, and... for your kind words, too. It helps.
I think that I must tell myself - it is important to carry those people, those stories, with me. I believe so firmly that those that we remember, those we hold onto, live and remain so long as we don't forget them. It is part of why I write so much as I do.
[ ... ]
Have you experienced similar? Simulations, you said.
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Not... exactly. [ she hesitates a tad longer before correcting; ] Or, not firsthand. But I spent a lot of time observing different simulations and variations on timelines. Trying to hone in on a specific one. Their lives weren't any lesser because of it.