I suppose that's one thing my theory does cover a little better, then. If this place can pull people who are dead in, well...we should be overwhelmed. [Claude waves a hand vaguely.] I mean, the number of people who are currently alive in any world is barely a drop in the bucket compared to all those who've ever died. So if this place really just pulled people in completely at random, from any time period - including after a person's death - then not only would it be wildly unlikely for any of us to have any connection to each other, but the ratio of people who've died to those who are still alive should be massively in favor of the dead. But that's not the case at all.
So whatever is behind our being brought here, it's not entirely random at all. There's a bias toward the living, and a bias towards people who have some connection to each other. It seems like ideally both would be present, but sometimes only one or the other will do. And maybe, rarely, there are complete exceptions - someone dead in their own time with no connection to anyone here.
That's a lot of words and theorizing just to acknowledge that you're probably right, but...you're also right about it probably not being too likely. Not one of us has met a dead person from our pasts here yet that I know of, and that's a lot of time and a lot of chances spread out across a pretty decent number of people. It's definitely not common.
[Claude meets his gaze briefly.] The question is, are you hoping to see him here, or are you hoping to avoid that?
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Date: 2021-06-29 12:30 pm (UTC)So whatever is behind our being brought here, it's not entirely random at all. There's a bias toward the living, and a bias towards people who have some connection to each other. It seems like ideally both would be present, but sometimes only one or the other will do. And maybe, rarely, there are complete exceptions - someone dead in their own time with no connection to anyone here.
That's a lot of words and theorizing just to acknowledge that you're probably right, but...you're also right about it probably not being too likely. Not one of us has met a dead person from our pasts here yet that I know of, and that's a lot of time and a lot of chances spread out across a pretty decent number of people. It's definitely not common.
[Claude meets his gaze briefly.] The question is, are you hoping to see him here, or are you hoping to avoid that?