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So here's a question for all of you. What's the furthest you've been from home? Before coming here, I mean. This place doesn't count. I want to know how far people have traveled before coming here.

The name of the place you're from, the name of the place you like going. What your favorite city is called. Things like that.

I've always liked traveling. But I used to spend years in one place, even so. Always found myself drawn back to where I was born. It's one of those interesting things about people. I don't exactly miss the place, but I do find myself thinking about it sometimes. What it would be like if we could go back with memories of this place instead of forgetting everything.

So there's a second part of my question, I guess.

Say you go home, but you remember everything from here. What would you do with that information?

What if you arrived home at a time before the last thing you remember?

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[kayneth... may have missed that...]

Ah, Elric? I believe I've met him.

...several times, actually. He really seems to come and go.

So I've heard.

He's a determined guy. The one here right now is a bit different than the one I know, though.

Well, I'm going to have to ask, then --- different in time or different in space?

Both.

He's older than the one I know but he's also different than the one I know. He remembers a completely different set of events.

A parallel world, then...? I believe I was speaking with someone about those not too long ago, actually. It's interesting to actually get to see those in action for once.

It's rather strange to talk about.

There are a number of people from both versions of Amestris here. I believe I've met all of them at this point. I'm more than likely not aware of all of the differences, but there are a number of them.

There's even one case of the same place in both worlds having a different name.

Really? That's bizarre, but at the same time, it's not wholly surprising.

I've only met one person who I truly know to have been from another world, but she didn't know anyone I'm familiar with whatsoever. It... made sense why she wouldn't, of course, but it was still somewhat jarring.

There were some people who could've been from my future, as well, but I don't know that for sure. For all I know, things could go a fair bit differently in my world than it did in theirs.

[yeah, keep dreaming, bro.]

I imagine it would be. It's been rather strange for me.

Something about the future didn't add up, then? The fact that there are times when things break off from each other so wildly is hard to understand. The multiple worlds idea is hard enough to understand without there being multiple copies of individual worlds out there.

Changes in the world or situations where some things don't happen are all rather strange.

Something like that, yes.

[okay more like he doesn't want to believe it's the case, but details...]

And I'll admit that I don't have too much trouble understanding them, but... well, they are a bit difficult to wrap your mind around when you're faced with them, I suppose. It's like the difference between discussing dangerous chemical reactions in theory and actually having the same reaction happen right in front of you.

I get what you're saying.

You hear about terrible things happening, but there's that distance from yourself when it's happening to someone else far away or only hearsay. I don't think it's all that uncommon of a reaction.

Well, I wouldn't say it's always terrible, although it can be. Sometimes, it may just be very, very strange.

True enough.

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