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"Anna, I presume," I offered as I forced myself to relax. "You could warn a
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girl before just barging into her head-space."
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The space became weirdly calm, no longer reflecting my thoughts instants at a
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time.
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"But where would the fun in that be?" she asked, sticking her tongue out in a
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playful manner.
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playful manner. Little bubbles of Anna's face intruded on my vision before
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disappearing again.
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"What's with the corporate love?" I asked, frankly.
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"No love," she giggled, "just trying to throw a wrench in the other deities'
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plans so I can go back to my set of universes."
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plans so I can go back to my set of universes." Vast trees of light sprouted
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and disappeared. Much like lightning, but somehow much more complex.
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"Your set of universes?" I asked, confused. There were other universes? But
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why? I mean, science said it might be possible, but we were nowhere near
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would rule every inch of this hellscape."
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"Alter timelines?" I asked, alarm radiating through every ounce of my voice.
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My headspace was reflecting my alarm, bubbling up slightly in obtuse ways,
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showing me all sorts of 'what ifs' that could have happened.
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"Yes," she replied, "but alas, I can't just say 'no more technomage dragon god'
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in this universe. By the way, I haven't taken care of that issue, but at least
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in this universe." A dragon burst forth, its large form threatening to pin me
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to the ground. Its hot breath left me ghasping for air. Its metalic scales
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bending what little light there was in ways that didn't quite make sense.
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I screeched at the dragon's sudden appearance. I could see Anna's smirk from
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around the beast before it disappeared.
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"By the way," Anna continued, "I haven't taken care of that issue, but at least
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she doesn't control every aspect of technomancy here. In fact, killing her in
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this universe could cause a massive schism that would end all life. Fucked
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that one up one too many times in my own timeline."
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Earth as I knew it was suspended above me. It was a perfect marble of blues,
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greens, and whites. As I watched it, it slowly turned more red, the oceans
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dried and the clouds thinned.
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"Magic is wildly interlinked," she laughed.
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"There's a dragon somewhere that can control all 'technomancy'?" I asked,
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bewildered, "what the hell even \emph{is} technomancy?"
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"Oh my young fledgling," she cooed, "you'll hopefully never meet one. They
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exist far beyond the stars at this moment. Due to the expansion of your
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universe, its hopeful your entire species will never have to meet them."
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"Oh my young fledgling," she cooed, "you'll hopefully never meet someone who
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can use it. They exist far beyond the stars at this moment. Due to the
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expansion of your universe, its hopeful your entire species will never have to
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meet them."
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I began seeing flashes of a new planet far different and much larger than the
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Earth I knew.
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"There's life beyond the stars?" I asked, I didn't think I could be any more
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alarmed, but it seemed my patron deity was just dropping bombshell after
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bombshell on my fragile psyche.
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"Gods yes," she laughed, "you thought you were all alone here in this big ol'
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universe? Pah. The Kirtischians would wipe this sorry excuse for humanity
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into oblivion. If they could ever figure out how to tear a hole through
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space-time, that is. Luckily, every other deity also appears to take the
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stance on them that I do: don't let them touch anything they already haven't."
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universe? Pah." Bubbles of human-like figures towering over me flashed by
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before Anna explained further.
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"So humanity is better where you're from?" I asked, suddenly relieved that
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humanity was at least doing better in some other universe.
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"The Kirtischians would wipe this sorry excuse for humanity into oblivion. If
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they could ever figure out how to tear a hole through space-time, that is." A
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spacecraft was flying by, then suddenly disappeared in its entirety. My brain
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latched on to 'sorry excuse for humanity'. It was a phrase that gave me an odd
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hope.
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"Luckily, every other deity also appears to take the stance on them that I do:
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don't let them touch anything they already haven't."
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"So humanity is better where you're from?" I asked.
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"Yes and no," she began to explain, "gods above, I haven't talked about my own
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origins in this much detail since the first mage I made." She materialized a
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chair next to me and lounged in it.
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chair next to me and lounged in it. I wasn't sure if she had influence over my
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mind or if I was sharing mind space with her.
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"In my universe, the one I was able to cultivate from its very inception,
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humanity wouldn't 'just happen'. I tried so many things, but from the
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beginning to the end, humanity never showed up. So I caused a few malfunctions
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on Kirtiscian spacecraft and crash-landed them on Earth to finally jumpstart
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humanity. After that, I was able to gently nudge the right people into power
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and Earth, by the time it all ended, was finally populated by humans that had
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setup a true utopia.
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beginning to the end, humanity never showed up."
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Another vision of Earth appeared before me. The continents looked like they
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were in different positions to what I knew them as, but it was at least
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iconically Earth. I saw a spaceship crash into one of the continents.
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"So I caused a few malfunctions on Kirtiscian spacecraft and crash-landed them
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on Earth to finally jumpstart humanity. After that, I was able to gently nudge
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the right people into power and Earth, by the time it all ended, was finally
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populated by humans that had setup a true utopia."
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Many spaceports appeared around the planet as the continents moved. It was
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beautiful.
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"How many timelines did you shave off into oblivion to get that to work?" I
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asked. My lack of trust in people clearly showing through.
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asked. My lack of trust in people clearly showing through my awe.
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"More than you could count, but less than infinity," she laughed, "of course,
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that's a lot less than I thought, too."
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like you, actually. Just, a lot more into maths. That was so many years ago,
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though. Many universes worth of time ago, actually."
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I saw glimpses of her memories. Her past. They looked nearly faded, like she
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was trying to hold on to them. I could see tears in her eyes. The space
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looked like it was shrinking.
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I felt the agoraphobia of infinite time. And I felt the most lonely I'd ever
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been. I felt the feelings of her excitement the first time she kissed another
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woman. I felt her casual indifference from her first kiss from a man. I felt
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her loss when her love was taken from her.
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I \emph{felt} her. What it was to be her before she ascended. Before I could
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feel any more, whatever connection let me feel her feelings faded.
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That was a lot. A lot to take in. A lot to process. That was a lot. I mean,
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the fact that I was sitting there talking to an actual goddess was also a lot,
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so I suppose my idea of 'a lot' was suddenly very broken.
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"Fair, but my point still stands," she giggled playfully. Again, treating me
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like I was a pawn in a game. I didn't like it.
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"We're people," I said, "we all have feelings, and we shouldn't be played
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with."
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"We're people," I said, "we all have feelings just as real as yours, and we
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shouldn't be played with."
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She gave me a puzzled look before realizing that my mindspace was becoming more
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violent in its shifting thoughts. She nodded and was gone in an instant.
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least she was a lot more limited here than wherever the hell she came from.
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And to be using us to get home was simply shameful.
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I finally slumped down and cried, the space reflecting my suddenly
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deteriorating facade of composure. Maybe this was a good way to get
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introspection on myself. Maybe it was a decent way to disappear forever,
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forgetting the outside world.
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