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i haven't gotten in touch with andy yet, but joe and nicky are doing ok

[ why is andy the Big Worry here! ]

[ If they think about it, they both know why Andy is the Big Worry here. ]

Good

I'm glad Nicky is okay too

I never ran into him in the alternate world

he was still with joe. we had dinner a lot

it's weird to think about how i knew you all longer in the aerie than i do in reality

I couldn't imagine one without the other, even in an alternate world

[ He's relieved that they were still together, really. ]

It doesn't make how we feel about you now mean any less

But it is strange

Some I called family in the Aerie, I've only met once and only briefly

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that'd be the biggest tip off that something's wrong

i know. we're still all in this together. [ WILD CATS. ]

i don't think there's any reason to ignore the connections, however strange. they'll be different, but it still feels real, you know?

I agree

[ And he'd used it against them once, was so bitter about their immortal happiness because it was something he would never, ever have.

But now? It feels important, it's the most constant thing in this strange world, and he roots for it too. ]

I liked them, those connections

I had another sister

And I had someone [— else? No. Someone. He leaves the text like that. ]

it makes it a little easier to reach out to people here, to get a better sense of community with some of the other displaced

yeah? someone like a girlfriend? boyfriend? apparently the aerie decided i needed a someone too

Yes it's an unusual icebreaker but perhaps still effective

Girlfriend [ Although the word sounds so juvenile for someone who is pushing into his 300s. Somehow it felt like more than just a girlfriend kind of relationship. ] her name was Margo

And yes I remember your girlfriend, I met her briefly after we'd successfully bombed the Quarry

Aeryn, non?

[ Well. Everything certainly is flooding back now. ]

you can brush past the wearing a name tag part of it

who was she? if you feel like sharing. i know it's weird, believe me. i feel like i know all about aeryn and then nothing at all at the same time.

we did make it out after the bomb, for the record. what about you?

Yes, exactly ... we only met the one time, I had been wandering around the market the day we all first arrived here. But I remember her like I know every part of her, even though she may as well still be a stranger

In the Aerie she was the daughter of Stephen Strange, a Cardinal

I believe a Stephen Strange exists here, no? I may have seen his name on the network before

But yes after the bombing, after I left you and Aeryn, I remember going back into the wreckage and making it back out alive

aeryn arrived in the aerie. she wasn't even here before it sucked us all in, but i remember so many details about her too. it doesn't feel possible, so i get what you mean

yeah, i think he lives at red wings? or co-owns it? something like that

i started remembering more about my real self towards the end. it was confusing as shit, but then the next thing i knew, i was waking up in bed, both sets of memories in tact

Arrived into the Aerie? I did not think that was possible

[ Well, that's surely a nightmare situation. Being displaced 400 years into the future is already bad enough without getting displaced into an alternate life entirely. ]

It was the same for me

Remembering my real memories near the end

Not great when you're trying to understand how to be a kestrel while being a rook as well

[ He was juggling a lot of roles at the time! ]

The more I talk about it the more I remember of my life there

yeah, it makes no sense to me either. especially in retrospect, what, did i suddenly get a girlfriend when she appeared? but i had memories of knowing her longer. it's bizarre.

so you basically went through a double identity crisis.

i know where we are now is real, but it's hard to shake off the aerie given how much everyone seems to remember. it's pretty vivid.

That we all remember and it connects us so we have shared histories

It is hard to excuse it as simply a dream

It's definitely more than that

i agree it's more

we were already connected with the blue glow and empathy bond shit, so there's a basis for weird ass connections already. but that was just us. even regular people here got sucked into the aerie. makes no sense.

hopefully someone gets all the pieces together, sooner rather than later. i'm already tired of trying to wrap my head around it

Me as well

[ Being tired of trying to wrap his head around it, that is. All of the strange and complicated feelings he has about near-strangers, or people he has never even met here. ]

Knowing what I've seen of the network, it won't be long before we see theories

Whether they are accurate or not, however

[ shrug emoji ]

Have you eaten yet, Nile?

yeah i'm sure everyone and their mother is gonna have plenty of theories ready to go within the week

i rummaged the cabinet for snacks

Just snacks?

Let's find some place to eat a proper meal, huh?

they were in the immediate vicinity and i was hungry

but actual food sounds good too

[ That is very much a thing Andy would do too. ]

How adventurous are you feeling?

the only reason you can actually get away with asking me that is because you got 200 more years of food experience, which is a lot for a white guy

i could do without any bugs for protein, other than that, i'm game for anything

[ lol how true ]

I'll have you know the French can be quite experimental when it comes to food, mademoiselle

But fair enough

I was thinking perhaps deer tacos

i saw ratatouille. i learned all i needed to know about experimental french cooking already

you know what? why not. let's get deer tacos.

From an American-made cartoon about a French rat?

Hmm I think we might need to further expand your education in French cuisine after all

[ Nile, pls. ]

But another time

Deer tacos it is

i mean it seemed pretty legit to me

[ 👀 ]

you got a place in mind?

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