Yeah. Really expensive. But you're almost old enough for college, right? You got any plans to travel for that?
Oh, she's a member of my cohort. She's a naturalist, so she can grow plants and act as an energy source, basically. Though - I guess she wouldn't be able to do that here.
Uh. [ ah. he's just kind of using a foot to push his swing further. ] I haven't really thought about it. Or about going to college at all? School's not really something I'm good at.
The witch thing. Right. Can magic be created from nothing? Or would she need a source to start growing stuff and to pull from for her own energy?
Oh. Have you thought about what you might do instead? [...] Just - you know, curious. Not to be that boring adult who lectures you.
[shaking her head to that first question.]
No. There always has to be a source, but - like you said, most of the time it's the medeian's own energy. Sometimes they can tap into natural energy sources, though.
Not really. [ and he chooses to focus on libby and her world instead of put more thought into that. ]
So if they're burnt out, they can't use their own energy and it makes using their power harder. Is it like...are medeians common? Does something happen to make people become witches or something like that?
Yeah. It's a little like how an athlete gets tired out after running a marathon. [as for the second question...] Pretty rare, yeah. It's kind of like - witches are people who have a small amount of magic ability, but medeians are people who have a larger store of it. It's naturally occurring, though.
[ thank you for being a good person in this case. ]
Right, makes sense. It can just happen whenever then from the sounds of it. If your store has the capability of growing, you can be more powerful and have better abilities than a standard witch.
Definitely, definitely do not have anything similar.
Yeah, something like that. Our technology's been advancing a lot in the last couple of years, and science is making new breakthroughs all the time on stuff. There are all kinds of people who keep creating things or solving problems or researching ways to make things better.
[ a shrug. ]
I guess it's just...interesting? You mentioned New York so it sounds like a normal Earth, but then there's all those differences.
[how the turn tables..... anyways, it's time for a nerd explanation. it's always time for a nerd explanation with her. sorry to jonas specifically.]
It's like... Okay, it's a little bit complicated, but. Every time some kind of quantum experiment happens, it has so many possible different outcomes, right? Like, for example - if somewhere way out in the universe, a star explodes during a supernova, it might seem like it has no impact on us. But the conditions for that explosion and the conditions for it not to explode could both theoretically exist.
So, many worlds interpretation is basically the idea that, like - there are so many different decisions and actions that could split the world into one where that action took place, and one where that action didn't take place. And while it's never been proven, there's nothing essentially disproving that every time something like that occurs, it creates another split. Another world comes into existence where everything was the same up until the moment of that choice, but different afterwards - maybe in small ways, maybe in big ways, depending on what happened.
...alternate universes, then. Or close enough to it. [ it's a lot of words and big concepts, but he's able to absorb that much and apply it to what he can grasp himself.
actions or things said in other timeloops...would those create other worlds somehow? are there other alexes and other jonases out there? ]
Do you think it have to be like a choice that's made? Or do things that are meant to happy have an effect on a world that could split?
Well... If we're talking about the world itself, not choices people make, I don't know whether I would say anything is meant to happen in the first place. Things operate based on entropy more often than not. The world is chaotic, and most of the time things just happen because they happen. But to your question - yes, I think it's definitely possible that if this idea is true at all, it's not just human action that would cause a split.
Yeah. I don't know if that's definitely the cause of all this, but the idea that there are so many places that are similar but with distinct differences makes me think about it, you know?
No. No, it's a really good point. I think it'd be a little easier to doubt it if it were only one or two places, but this is like...three or four now. It's too close.
I will definitely keep that in mind. Even if I feel like that should be "when." As in "when" I have questions, because there's bound to be a lot of them after a while. Especially here.
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Close enough. The town's got a lot of trees around it, and there's forests and lakes nearby. Plus we're by the ocean. Pretty different from here.
[ he doesn't mind this either, but. it's really the principle of having a single tree. ]
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[thoughtful]
Too bad Reina isn't here.
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[ a tilt of his head. ]
Who's Reina?
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Oh, she's a member of my cohort. She's a naturalist, so she can grow plants and act as an energy source, basically. Though - I guess she wouldn't be able to do that here.
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The witch thing. Right. Can magic be created from nothing? Or would she need a source to start growing stuff and to pull from for her own energy?
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[shaking her head to that first question.]
No. There always has to be a source, but - like you said, most of the time it's the medeian's own energy. Sometimes they can tap into natural energy sources, though.
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Not really. [ and he chooses to focus on libby and her world instead of put more thought into that. ]
So if they're burnt out, they can't use their own energy and it makes using their power harder. Is it like...are medeians common? Does something happen to make people become witches or something like that?
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Yeah. It's a little like how an athlete gets tired out after running a marathon. [as for the second question...] Pretty rare, yeah. It's kind of like - witches are people who have a small amount of magic ability, but medeians are people who have a larger store of it. It's naturally occurring, though.
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Right, makes sense. It can just happen whenever then from the sounds of it. If your store has the capability of growing, you can be more powerful and have better abilities than a standard witch.
Definitely, definitely do not have anything similar.
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Well - I imagine if you didn't have anything similar, you must have made more advances in natural science and technology to make up for it.
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[ a shrug. ]
I guess it's just...interesting? You mentioned New York so it sounds like a normal Earth, but then there's all those differences.
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You ever heard of the Many Worlds Interpretation?
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No, don't think so. What is it?
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It's like... Okay, it's a little bit complicated, but. Every time some kind of quantum experiment happens, it has so many possible different outcomes, right? Like, for example - if somewhere way out in the universe, a star explodes during a supernova, it might seem like it has no impact on us. But the conditions for that explosion and the conditions for it not to explode could both theoretically exist.
So, many worlds interpretation is basically the idea that, like - there are so many different decisions and actions that could split the world into one where that action took place, and one where that action didn't take place. And while it's never been proven, there's nothing essentially disproving that every time something like that occurs, it creates another split. Another world comes into existence where everything was the same up until the moment of that choice, but different afterwards - maybe in small ways, maybe in big ways, depending on what happened.
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actions or things said in other timeloops...would those create other worlds somehow? are there other alexes and other jonases out there? ]
Do you think it have to be like a choice that's made? Or do things that are meant to happy have an effect on a world that could split?
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Well... If we're talking about the world itself, not choices people make, I don't know whether I would say anything is meant to happen in the first place. Things operate based on entropy more often than not. The world is chaotic, and most of the time things just happen because they happen. But to your question - yes, I think it's definitely possible that if this idea is true at all, it's not just human action that would cause a split.
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Kind of a crazy theory. I don't know how much of it I'd believe if I wasn't seeing it right now, but being here makes it a little harder to ignore.
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[nerd]
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You don't think it could get a little overwhelming to learn that much and try to figure it out?
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Maybe I'll leave it up to you if it ever comes up. I have enough trouble understanding my own world without trying to figure out the rest.
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[all the same:]
But if you've ever got any questions, I'm your girl.
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I will definitely keep that in mind. Even if I feel like that should be "when." As in "when" I have questions, because there's bound to be a lot of them after a while. Especially here.
[ everyone's worlds are so strange sometimes. ]