[hope you're listening quickly, other carlos, because this one's shooting words out as fast as his mouth will articulate them]
The way I've made sense of it is that something was warped in the fabric of reality to begin with-- Descartes, dream argument, that kind of thing. It's not science, of course, but you still had that roommate with the epistemology obsession? Or... not, because I'd say our relationship's actually closer to parallel universe offshoots. The question there is if our differing environments, however small, led to genetic differences due to--
This is... uh. Not answering your question.
[he lets out a breath, embarrassed, looks down, and seems to slow the pace of his speaking a little]
This place is a sort of multiple universe nexus, more or less. You'll find plenty of Cecils-- and everyone else, but for some reason I haven't discerned there are a lot less-- from varying universes, and lots of... us... as well. But the one from your universe, the one you're looking for? You might find him, you might not.
He'll be okay, either way. He's made it through worse than being thrown across time and space to land inside the consciousness of a stranger combined with the revelation that objective reality is an illusion.
[...okay, actually, the last part might actually be a problem for cecil. hell, it was a problem for carlos. watch him pull a worried boyfriend frown and trail off.]
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The way I've made sense of it is that something was warped in the fabric of reality to begin with-- Descartes, dream argument, that kind of thing. It's not science, of course, but you still had that roommate with the epistemology obsession? Or... not, because I'd say our relationship's actually closer to parallel universe offshoots. The question there is if our differing environments, however small, led to genetic differences due to--
This is... uh. Not answering your question.
[he lets out a breath, embarrassed, looks down, and seems to slow the pace of his speaking a little]
This place is a sort of multiple universe nexus, more or less. You'll find plenty of Cecils-- and everyone else, but for some reason I haven't discerned there are a lot less-- from varying universes, and lots of... us... as well. But the one from your universe, the one you're looking for? You might find him, you might not.
He'll be okay, either way. He's made it through worse than being thrown across time and space to land inside the consciousness of a stranger combined with the revelation that objective reality is an illusion.
[...okay, actually, the last part might actually be a problem for cecil. hell, it was a problem for carlos. watch him pull a worried boyfriend frown and trail off.]