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Has anyone gone through this Ingress and tried to change something? Was it different when you went back?

[She sighs and glances away, reluctant to say too much at first because then she'd have to explain what exactly she did and then people would be afraid. Not having to deal with that has been...nice.]

It keeps taking me home, to somewhere I know was destroyed. I think I can save it, but not in one trip. Not unless I can find the right person.

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Maybe it would. Maybe it wouldn't. [She was hoping this might be something other people have already tried.]

But ignoring it if I get the chance feels...wrong.

I guess if it makes you feel better.

You would leave it alone?

Say you get it right, fix things. If you go back after and it's gone again, then what?

[His tone is pretty gentle, harsh as the words might be.]

Why do you think I am asking before I try?

[Because yes, she has considered that it may not be as straightforward as it looks.]

Even if it changes things there... I don't know where we're going, but it's not what it looks like.

Does everything seem normal when you go home?

Normal enough. It's not an illusion.

[Unless they've managed to fool even her, and if they have...well, they deserve that one.]

Maybe you're just lucky. We tried it and ended up somewhere that was two places. Two different planets in two different systems, and we walked from one into the other. Whatever it is, maybe it's not an illusion, but I don't think it's true.

[That's really troubling. She's seen some worlds get mashed together but has no explanation for it...and this is the first she's hearing of the same world colliding with itself.]

It was like walking into another room?

[There's no hiding the disappointment in her voice.]

Yeah-- out of an empty snowfield into the middle of the city.

I mean, it seemed real enough. I brought some things back, figured I might as well try, but it wasn't home. Couldn't have been.