[ Hm — convenient. And perhaps a clear indication of how small, interconnected the Diadem's population must be. Jasnah shifts her attention back to her notebook and (flipping back a few pages) adds another note. This time, to a page on G'raha. ]
Did he elaborate on those circumstances?
[ She'd left their conversation with the understanding that he was looking into the existential circumstances of leaving one world and arriving here. ]
he mentioned multiple examples of conflicting timelines. "alternate" timelines, too. he was wondering if that could be what happened: that the other me and i are from completely separate timelines, so it wasn't really "me" at all. he'd spent some time with that sciel though, looking for a child in the diffusion zones.
Yes. He and I discussed those theories. And your questions reminded me. Someone arriving here from the dead (so to speak) might be one of those diverging timelines.
[ Fortune is a tricky quality to manipulate. Could it be intentional? Jasnah frowns. ]
[ Life and death, alternate universes, diverging timelines. The kinds of things that Lune and Gustave might love to pour over and piece together, which Sciel might normally not afford any more than a bit of curiosity by virtue of it being so inherently strange. ...She had downplayed it all already, before Gustave's arrival. Before certain possibilities had arisen, before Jasnah gathered up all the strings and fixed them to a singular point. ]
that makes sense. then they aren't "coming back from the dead," really. just being pulled from a particularly important point in time.
[ Gustave had arrived with evidence of Renoir's attack, which could only mean he'd been transported at a very crucial moment. A very crucial second, even. But...why? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? ]
what if
[ Something occurs to her. Flutters her heart. ]
that power could be controlled? used to send us back, but not to the time we left?
[ Possible, probable. It's the possible that has its hooks in her, though. An insidious word that will bleed her dry with the slow constant of a leaky faucet. ]
[ Sciel has no intention of being anything but forthright with the info. Jasnah may not yet know her well enough to know this: to know that, if she intends to wield their possible findings in some ill-advised way, she'll make it clear before she proceeds.
Even if she then decides to carry on in spite of any advice to the contrary. ]
i will. it's in all our best interest to share these sorts of things, i think.
[ And because she's come to trust the other woman's opinion, even if they occasionally disagree. ]
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Did he elaborate on those circumstances?
[ She'd left their conversation with the understanding that he was looking into the existential circumstances of leaving one world and arriving here. ]
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"alternate" timelines, too.
he was wondering if that could be what happened: that the other me and i are from completely separate timelines, so it wasn't really "me" at all.
he'd spent some time with that sciel though, looking for a child in the diffusion zones.
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[ Fortune is a tricky quality to manipulate. Could it be intentional? Jasnah frowns. ]
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that makes sense.
then they aren't "coming back from the dead," really. just being pulled from a particularly important point in time.
[ Gustave had arrived with evidence of Renoir's attack, which could only mean he'd been transported at a very crucial moment. A very crucial second, even. But...why? Is there any rhyme or reason to it? ]
what if
[ Something occurs to her. Flutters her heart. ]
that power could be controlled?
used to send us back, but not to the time we left?
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But reading it put so plainly. And from Sciel. Her frown deepens. Her first instinct is to dissuade her, but... ]
There is a vast chasm of difference between what's theoretically possible and what's probable.
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[ Possible, probable. It's the possible that has its hooks in her, though. An insidious word that will bleed her dry with the slow constant of a leaky faucet. ]
i'll keep it in mind.
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Anyway. ]
If you learn anything more from some other source, I trust you'll let me know.
[ Come talk to me before you do anything foolish. ]
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Even if she then decides to carry on in spite of any advice to the contrary. ]
i will. it's in all our best interest to share these sorts of things, i think.
[ And because she's come to trust the other woman's opinion, even if they occasionally disagree. ]
we'll talk soon.
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[ On the book and its annotations. And that must be something akin to a farewell for Jasnah, because she doesn't reply again. ]