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[exeggutorhead]

So we're all from different worlds, right? Whole planets full of millions of people.

So what are the odds that people who know each other show up all the time? They've got to be astronomical, but we can almost EXPECT it to happen.

I'm from one of those worlds that isn't one with Europe and America and all that. And almost everyone who's ever shown up and heard of my country? Either I've known them or someone else here has. And every single one of them has been from the same time period of a few years. Nobody I only knew from, say, a hundred years ago ever shows up.

[Random Joe Notinvolved from Amestris should by all rights appear so why doesn't that happen? This is something he thinks about on and off, but after his conversation with Jimmy the other day, it's itching at his mind again.]

Has anyone else noticed something like this?

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[enjoymyatelier]

I've always assumed that it had something to do with being connected to some sort of event... usually something astronomical, but as long as it's something that can connect a reasonably large group of people through varying levels of association, it seems to count. I have encountered people from the distant past here, but they're special cases that were involved in an event that also involved me.

Though, there are always people who were apparently just living out their daily lives before arriving here, which makes it... odd.

They tend to be more fascinating than most, though, so perhaps that's it?

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[exeggutorhead]

People being connected by some big event has been the most likely answer so far. It's still got holes, but it's got less of them.

I know I've never met anyone here whose life has been completely BORING. That's got to have something to do with it.

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[enjoymyatelier]

Hah, that's true. There are some people I've encountered here who seem to be living ordinary lives by their standards, but there's still something I'd consider extraordinary about them.

...like the fact that they may be intelligent horses, for example.