Topher keeps nodding enthusiastically as Daniel goes on, while he tries to temper his internal excitement at getting to discuss this kind of thing with a sci-fi hero of his. (He doesn't do a very good job at quelling it.)
"And that's why it's so exciting to get to see some of the different universes, and meet people from others and hear about what their worlds are like, because suddenly the deviations become so tangible and real," Topher bounces off where Daniel left off.
"And the sometimes you get to meet people from different points in the same universe, or even time travelers, and you can see how things have changed in a world you haven't even been to. And.. the effects it has on people, how a minor change in something fundamental to the environment radically changes everything. Or the opposite! You have these world with magic and werewolves and Gods and demons and aliens, yet you find people, often humans indistinguishable from any of us, who you can relate to just as easily as if they were a colleague."
Unnoticed by Topher, Phonea has climbed back from her perch and is now enthusiastically interacting with Daniel's snow leopard.
"I mean, I've made friends here who are literally horned trolls from different planets, and uh vampire hunters, and literal biblical angels, and an immortal, unfathomable sentient time machine," he goes on, his gestures getting more extreme as he gets further along. "And I mean, we still have no idea what sort of long-term effects this will have on this universe, I mean it's only been a few years. It's like the Rift is just this giant extra chaos element, chucking things at the world to see what happens."
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"And that's why it's so exciting to get to see some of the different universes, and meet people from others and hear about what their worlds are like, because suddenly the deviations become so tangible and real," Topher bounces off where Daniel left off.
"And the sometimes you get to meet people from different points in the same universe, or even time travelers, and you can see how things have changed in a world you haven't even been to. And.. the effects it has on people, how a minor change in something fundamental to the environment radically changes everything. Or the opposite! You have these world with magic and werewolves and Gods and demons and aliens, yet you find people, often humans indistinguishable from any of us, who you can relate to just as easily as if they were a colleague."
Unnoticed by Topher, Phonea has climbed back from her perch and is now enthusiastically interacting with Daniel's snow leopard.
"I mean, I've made friends here who are literally horned trolls from different planets, and uh vampire hunters, and literal biblical angels, and an immortal, unfathomable sentient time machine," he goes on, his gestures getting more extreme as he gets further along. "And I mean, we still have no idea what sort of long-term effects this will have on this universe, I mean it's only been a few years. It's like the Rift is just this giant extra chaos element, chucking things at the world to see what happens."