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Ugh. It's been 6+ months since whatever happened.

I've had to work as "Burger World", struggling with people using the old language.

And my account got hacked and I just finally got access to it.

And could someone explain to me why Japan is acting like it's an independent country and not the 51st to 54th states of America.

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[ What in the goddamn- oh. Oh it's just Hirume.

That... was unexpected. ]

...I do, but I feel like the difference between you and her is... rather notable?

She is a highly divergent doppelganger that somehow has the same... quantum as me, for lack of a better term. A mortal woman who somehow is the same essence as The Truly Divine.

I think you can gather the issue at hand, considering her claims.

Wait, same quantum-

You're saying she can replace you?

Exactly.

And her world is far too far to have had this happen naturally.

... [ He does eventually narrow his eyes, pacing a bit in place. ]

True...the discrepancies between her world and ours are too stark, even just by what little she's said.

...Which means this is a move made by Echo and her coven, unless there's some other reality-warping influences I haven't catalogued.

We know not Echo the Apocalypse's motives but a third party was definitely involved, who has the skills of the Founding Alchemist now trapped in the Cat's Cradle.

And she being his disciple, seemingly, makes her or those working for her a likely option, yes.

The point I wished to make is. Consider the ramifications of what might happen should she replace me.

Things would get out of hand, quickly. And having to deal with the ramifications of you being displaced would cause... problems. Problems that I would then probably have to prioritize.

At minimum, it'd keep us too preoccupied to deal with Echo's machinations... at worst...

Possibly fracture and destroy the entire timeline due to the sheer disparity.

The only survivors would be The Uncrowned Queen and The Crown Heir of Hyperborea.

Which is, presumably, Echo's endgame, from what little I was able to decipher from what Bohr knew.

So it makes sense to target you first, load-bearing pillar. Uuuugh.

[ He puts a hand to his head, closing his eyes. ]

So, do you have an idea of how to send her back? I'm afraid my knowledge of the Different Dimension is probably going to be more help than hindrance when it comes to dopplegangers who share the same quantum state...

Are trucks not supposed to be able to aid in the task?

...Trucks? How would a truck hel-

[ Oh god. Oh no. Oh fuck. ]

No no no no! That's a joke people make online! That doesn't actually send you to a different world, it usually kills you!

... But many of your books suggest it does.

Those are fiction! No one's ever actually been sent to another world by getting hit with a truck!

And frankly I don't want to know what would happen if she shares your quantum state but gets hit by one!

As long as she does not defeat me, she would merely die and that would resolve the problem, Warlord.

Pragmatically, we should have a truck hit her, regardless, for the stability of creation itself.

::She does seem annoyed by the idea.::

There has to be a better way of returning her to her own world-slash-dimension-slash-timeline-slash-whatever than running her over.

... Such as?

I dunno! A duel or something? These kinds of things are typically defused with a duel.

Yes, risk my divine existence and the stability of the entire timeline as well as the future of Japan on a Duel.

I mean, okay, yes, dumb idea, but hear me out: It literally always works.

I mean, it's that or try to hit her with my prototype attempt to replicate your spear but there's no telling if she ends up back home or in some weird corner of the Different Dimension...

... This is quite irritating...

Yeaaaah, tell me about it.

[ He sighs. ]

...If no other clear path presents itself, then maybe we can try the uh. Truck. Who knows, maybe it'll work.

But I think we should try to engage her in... reasonably good faith, first.

Maybe we can reassign her to the Burger World in Antarctica...

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