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"Right."  He's having tea, too.  "Also, in the many other worlds, even when people are resurrected after much longer periods of time, they almost never remember anything, unless that world has an entirely different kind of afterlife setup than yours.  As I understand it, many Catholics now believe that souls generally stay in a dormant state after death, and will do so until the second coming."

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"Huh. Okay."

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"But you'll have plenty of time to investigate doctrine once you're in the broader multiverse.  In the meantime, there's something we'd like to ask of you."

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"The multiverse... um, sure, what is it?"

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"So... this, too, is going to be complicated to explain.  Let's start with the concept of video."  He gestures to a blank section of wall and an image appears on it, and then moves, of her taking Catherine and realizing that she's her baby.

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"...whoa."

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"So, sometime after you died, people figured out how to capture still images, and then lots of still images which were then played one after another fast enough to appear as if they moved.  And nowadays some displays use actual moving images, but that's beside the point.  The point is, you can see that people would capture plays and things using this, yes?  Entertainment?"

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"Yeah!" Catherine is ready to switch boobs now. Rebecca switches to the opposite wing and relocates the sling accordingly.

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"And accordingly they might also choose to capture - film, it's called - they might also choose to film interesting things that happen, without scripting those in advance."

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"Like... ships coming in so people could see which ones are at harbor?"

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"Yes!  And it's very easy to copy the video once it's been filmed, and to transport it, so if you capture something very interesting you have the opportunity to sell it to almost everyone in the world."

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"Like books after the printing press?"

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"Like books after the printing press!  Only more so.  So: sometimes a thing people do is arrange for an interesting thing to happen, so that they can film it.  Not a play, more like putting people in a strange situation and seeing how they react."

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"...like you... throw a surprise party and have this set up then?"

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"That is one example of a thing that might happen, yes.  Or, consider your reuniting with Catherine.  It's heartwarming, right?  If you were having a rough-but-not-that-rough day, you might seek out some content like that to help you feel like there are good things in the world."

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"...sure, that makes sense. So you want to sell people that?"

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"As part of something longer, yes."

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"Something longer like what?"

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"So... how do you feel about the idea of finding a spouse?"

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"I'm a magical girl."

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"Yes you are.  And that means you're only attracted to magical beings, which in your world are only girls and women."

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"There are... magical men?"

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"Mmhm!"  Jazz hands.  "Additionally, we could expand your attraction to cover mundane men again, should you like.  Or mundane women, too.  And on top of this, in the future it's already legal for women to marry each other."

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"...which pope said that?"

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"Mm," he spends a moment looking off into the middle distance, "Some Urban Tens, a few Pius Fourteens... one Celestine Six but not most of him... all the Paul Sevens that used to be named Greg but not the ones that are a different guy - if it becomes relevant to you you'll either have to pick a universe with a pope that's on board with gay marriage or decide not to do that.  But it's legal way more places than it is, ah, Catholicly licit."

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