[ He starts with that, a touch of apology in his tone. For how long he's struggled with this same issue, he's never understood what exactly it was that happened to him two years ago.
He lets his gaze meet Claude's again. ]
Something similar happened when I crossed through the White Space two years ago. I didn't have the protections I mentioned earlier, or the key required. [ He'd essentially brute forced his way through the gate, hoping that his connection to the Rifter would be enough to see him through. He'd had no choice. ] I arrived in my intended destination but... I'd lost time. And things were not the way I remembered them. Events didn't line up. My entire church had been destroyed in a war years earlier, something that couldn't have happened.
[ Because he remembered events happening differently. He shakes his head, grimacing again. ]
I was the only one who remained that remembered things differently. And then sometimes, as if I didn't feel crazy enough, I remembered things that made no sense to me. Like fighting in that war.
[ And other more intimate, embarrassing things. It was those that made him think it had to be his mind playing tricks on him. Some kind of strange wish fulfillment.
In any case, if the Summoning is similar to traveling through the White Space like he suspects, then it's not so surprising that Claude and his friends are experiencing the same issues.
He gives the other man a weary look. ]
I hope I didn't just make you feel crazy too.
[ Because who is to say what this is: reality being altered, or their minds? ]
no subject
I don't have any answers.
[ He starts with that, a touch of apology in his tone. For how long he's struggled with this same issue, he's never understood what exactly it was that happened to him two years ago.
He lets his gaze meet Claude's again. ]
Something similar happened when I crossed through the White Space two years ago. I didn't have the protections I mentioned earlier, or the key required. [ He'd essentially brute forced his way through the gate, hoping that his connection to the Rifter would be enough to see him through. He'd had no choice. ] I arrived in my intended destination but... I'd lost time. And things were not the way I remembered them. Events didn't line up. My entire church had been destroyed in a war years earlier, something that couldn't have happened.
[ Because he remembered events happening differently. He shakes his head, grimacing again. ]
I was the only one who remained that remembered things differently. And then sometimes, as if I didn't feel crazy enough, I remembered things that made no sense to me. Like fighting in that war.
[ And other more intimate, embarrassing things. It was those that made him think it had to be his mind playing tricks on him. Some kind of strange wish fulfillment.
In any case, if the Summoning is similar to traveling through the White Space like he suspects, then it's not so surprising that Claude and his friends are experiencing the same issues.
He gives the other man a weary look. ]
I hope I didn't just make you feel crazy too.
[ Because who is to say what this is: reality being altered, or their minds? ]