[ So. Not likely to be a Cognitive Shadow. Good. Jasnah would not have enjoyed explaining the concept to Lune. Specifically, the bit where no one is quite certain whether a Cognitive Shadow is someone truly returned from the dead or simply an echo left behind by vast amounts of Investiture. A copy, albeit a very, very good one. ]
Most likely a quirk of timelines and timing, then. One that remains to be seen whether it's mere coincidence or intentional on someone's part.
Intentional. As in, if some force is specifically and consciously choosing who to bring over into this world?
[ Lune asks that question; and then almost immediately starts to justify the theory, pondering it. ]
Despite all the diversity here, there does seem to be more overlap than you'd expect, if it were truly random across every conceivable world and every possible outcome to the ∞th degree.
[ Indeed. By Jasnah's estimation, certain worlds seem overrepresented. Others, conspicuously absent. And this is not merely the dull ache of personal loneliness; the distribution appears genuinely strange. If this phenomenon were sampling indiscriminately across all possible worlds, all possible histories, all possible outcomes, then the pattern should be more diffuse.
Then again, it's impossible to be certain of what the pattern truly is. If someone from Scadrial, Nalthis, or Sel had arrived here, they might have the good sense to hide it. She certainly has not been volunteering the full shape of her origins to every curious stranger. Still.
Patterns remain patterns, even when incomplete. ]
Whether by conscious choice or some established parameter. But I agree the distribution appears unlikely. Something may be selecting for particular qualities? Circumstances? Worlds? Or...points of crisis? If so, the question becomes whether those conditions are intentional (?) or some limitation on whatever mechanism is pulling us here.
[ The looser, less well-defined direction of Jasnah's theories surfaces in the dotted, uncertain punctuation. Empty spaces she'd like to fill. ]
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Most likely a quirk of timelines and timing, then. One that remains to be seen whether it's mere coincidence or intentional on someone's part.
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[ Lune asks that question; and then almost immediately starts to justify the theory, pondering it. ]
Despite all the diversity here, there does seem to be more overlap than you'd expect, if it were truly random across every conceivable world and every possible outcome to the ∞th degree.
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Then again, it's impossible to be certain of what the pattern truly is. If someone from Scadrial, Nalthis, or Sel had arrived here, they might have the good sense to hide it. She certainly has not been volunteering the full shape of her origins to every curious stranger. Still.
Patterns remain patterns, even when incomplete. ]
Whether by conscious choice or some established parameter. But I agree the distribution appears unlikely. Something may be selecting for particular qualities? Circumstances? Worlds? Or...points of crisis? If so, the question becomes whether those conditions are intentional (?) or some limitation on whatever mechanism is pulling us here.
[ The looser, less well-defined direction of Jasnah's theories surfaces in the dotted, uncertain punctuation. Empty spaces she'd like to fill. ]