Let's Do The Space Warp Again

[iamnotpolaris]

'Guided random' selected, parameters recalibrated, universe selection initiated.
What's on the other side now?

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[iamnotpolaris]

Emily is keeping a perfectly straight face.
But on the inside, she is mocking her sister mercilessly.
'I'm sorry, what was that about me thinking someone was cute?'

[whatamithinking]

'I didn't say anything, it's not my fault if you decide I think you have a crush on someone.'

[iamnotpolaris]

'You did, though.'

[whatamithinking]

'I didn't say anything and it is completely unfair to try to take revenge for it.'

[iamnotpolaris]

'I promise you I would still be doing this just as much if we'd never met Sivath.'

[whatamithinking]

'That doesn't help, you...'
"Speaking of dragons and--things--apparently some kind of bottleneck occurred while you were alone on this island."

[endragoned]

"Is that why," vague gesture after Saravasse?

[whatamithinking]

"Yyyyep. Apparently one dragon named Ancaladar is now the sole living male ancestor of almost all the other dragons. And the only female dragon who's not one of his descendants almost died recently."

[endragoned]

"A problem my beloved will be happy to help solve."

[whatamithinking]

"I had, um, guessed. I was actually wondering, though--you changed the entire ecosystem of this island to support your dragon. Would it be possible to introduce more diversity to the current dragon genome like that?"

[endragoned]

"I am... much better with plants than animals. And I have never tried to use my magic on a dragon in this way. I do not know."

[whatamithinking]

"Well, something has to change. Dragons don't die very often, apparently, but as small a gene pool as they seem to have isn't indefinitely viable."

[endragoned]

Shrug.

[whatamithinking]

"Maybe we can find something in another world that will help. We haven't exactly been keeping an eye out so far.."

[endragoned]

"What might you find?"

[whatamithinking]

"I don't know--cloning technology, maybe, that would be helpful if there were sufficiently well preserved remains of unrelated dragons."

[endragoned]

"What an interesting word."

[whatamithinking]

"Oh--cloning? Yeah, looks like I had to loanword it in. It means making a new organism that's a genetic copy of a previous one."

[endragoned]

"Even more interesting."

[whatamithinking]

"It would probably be worth checking the universe where we got our method of transportation, actually, they have significantly better technology than most of the ones we've been to and that kind of thing wasn't really the priority last time we were there."

[endragoned]

"How many worlds have you seen in your travels?"

[whatamithinking]

"Um. Hang on."
She pulls up her sleeve and begins fiddling with some kind of device attached to her arm.
"Not counting our home universe, we've been to forty-four different worlds."

[endragoned]

"Why so many?"

[whatamithinking]

"The world where we got our method of travel isn't the same as the world we're from. We went there via a different method in order to help the person who brought us, but he was killed before he could take us home. So we're trying to find our way back the long way, and that involves going to a lot of different universes along the way."

[endragoned]

"How unfortunate for you. Well, if you like your home."