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[idratherbeasleep]

[Part of Linhardt is amused that he knows of people there that Hubert doesn't. Both of them are even less sociable than Bernadetta (given that once Bernadetta has decided she's not scared of you she will check on you and give you gifts, whereas Hubert and Linhardt are both of the 'no contact is good contact' version of friendship), but now Hubert has proven himself to be the least sociable Black Eagle.]

I'm not sure that the Professor and Dimitri are from the exact same timeline, but yes, they are sibling timelines.

Ashe is also here. He's from another sibling timeline to the Professor and Dimitri. I think Felix is here as well.

[darkbishop]

Interesting. So there are more differences in timelines than I had thought.

[Does that mean he and Dorothea aren't truly from the same timeline? What about Linhardt? Is he from further along in theirs or another entirely? There's so much potential for variation which is both fascinating and rather terrifying.]

[idratherbeasleep]

Yes. I've been trying to work out if every action results in a different timeline or if only certain actions are significant. Even if it is the latter, we don't know which actions are significant. Also, it's actually impossible to tell if any of us are from the same timeline, since even if we think we are, there may be something different in Dagda that we just don't know about. Or on another planet.

[Here, Hubert. I brought you this existential crisis. Do you like it? I made it myself.]

All we can do, mathematically speaking, is establish a minimum amount of timelines.

[darkbishop]

[Thanks, he hates it!]

Agreed. Broadly speaking, it seems there are at least three - one for whichever house the Professor chose to lead.

[There are certainly more than that, but those seem to be the largest and most immediate changes.]

I find it interesting that so much seems based on that one decision.

[idratherbeasleep]

[You never appreciate anything Linhardt gives you, Hubert.]

That does seem to suggest that some choices are more salient than others. Perhaps there is an infinite number of Fodlans, but they are all clustered around certain decisions.

[Good job, Hubert. Now Linhardt's thinking aloud.]

Like how objects with larger mass have more gravity. Perhaps certain decisions have more... time gravity?

It's almost like what we chose doesn't matter at all, because we lack time gravity. Maybe that's all fate is...?

[Unlike Hubert, Linhardt finds that realization comforting.]

[darkbishop]

It would seem that the majority of our decisions remain constants throughout the various timelines.

[Lady Edelgard always takes over and starts a war. Hubert always remains at her side. Claude remains loyal to the Alliance. And Dimitri to the Kingdom. Byleth's decisions seem to be the most important factor here, and it's one Hubert doesn't really like.]

I wouldn't go so far as to call it fate, though. We have no idea exactly how any of this works - and unfortunately, I doubt we're likely to figure that out here.

[Unless someone here's an expert on how time just so happens to work in their own world??? What are the odds of that, though.]

[idratherbeasleep]

That's likely why the Professor's choices make such an impact: Most of us are predictable enough that Rhea and Those Who Slither were able to orchestrate events for decades, if not centuries. The Professor, on the other hand, has a habit of doing unpredictable things. She's an unknown variable.

That's why you initially disliked her so much at the Academy, isn't it?

[Never mistake Linhardt's lack of desire to get involved for unawareness.]

But you're correct. There is no way to verify any of my theories.

[And yes, that makes him grumpy. Linhardt doesn't mind being cosmically insignificant, but he can't prove his insignificance and that makes him an angry little speck.]