"She has some advantages over you in that regard."

She smiles, a bit.

"I wonder if we'll find anyone else with a similar story to hers."

"It may well be that she is the seed of a new pattern, given how long they've been... active, I suppose."

She hums.

"...If there's notable patterns... I wonder how stringent those are, and how early we can identify them... Like, would the patterns continue happening despite contact with the group?"

"It'd be a poor author who wouldn't recalibrate their narrative in light of such an extraordinary disruption."

She laughs. "Perhaps only if they run out of other plots."

"In which case we may not be allowed to find anyone until their pattern has run its course."

"Unless our interruption would be entertaining."

"A fair point. Perhaps we ought to resolve to be more chaotic in our interworld dealings."

"Resolve everything as interestingly as possible."

"While steering carefully away from the truly tragic."

"Of course."

"A narrow line to walk."

"Maybe we should find an alt of us who's a professional storyteller. Someone who understands the basic concepts, here."

"That would be convenient."

"Preferably not an alt of me who thinks arranging dramatic and tragic stories is amusing, though."

"That would rather defeat the point, I think."

"Unless we found her a you to rein her in a bit."

"I would have to be fairly convincing."

"I think you're pretty good at that."

"My charming and pleasant demeanor, no doubt."

"A face that's hard to say no to."

"And devastatingly sensible arguments."

"And keen intelligence."

"A keen appreciation of my own value."