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[Xeha'd wanted to take little Desiree to the park for her first birthday. He'd wanted to spend it showing her fish in the pond, birds in the sky... he'd wanted her to have a real world to look forward to.

So much for that plan. They're out, anyway; he's pushing her in a chair through a hallway that looks like it owes its architecture to Olympus. She's mauling a new toy while he's looking rather thoughtful. Time to get his bearings again.

...For one thing, with things like this, he should be able to find the old laboratories somewhere, right?]

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[Even nods back.] The place does have a regrettable tendency to force plans to change.

Now that's the truth. [He idly messes with Desi's hair with a chuckle.]

I believe there have been a few maps of the current layout started, should you find them of particular interest.

Really? Well, if you've got any information to spare, I'd appreciate it.

Really. I was speaking to a variant of yours about it the other day.

[A bit of an eyebrow at that-] What was he like?

[How long before the 'blah blah darkness' kicked in, he thinks.]

She, actually.

[He smiles faintly-] Well, that's the first I've heard of one, though can't say I'm surprised.

Given the evidence present thus far, I would hypothesize that worlds in which relative genders are swapped to be the far less common possibility.

[Nodding.] Overall, I'd say you're right. There's very much a ... a default for anyone here, isn't there? A pattern of similar worlds, similar people.

Very much so, yes. It seems almost as if the place is set in its ways.

Despite this - latest incident? [A slight smile.] I've often wondered why those ways are what they are.

Cosmetic changes, nothing more.

Cosmetic. [He looks upwards, into the visible sky.] Even worlds like a new look now and then, hm?

Naturally. This one is simply more obvious about it.

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