ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ sᴇᴇ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ's ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴs.

[interpersonally]

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[holyposition]

All pain is in your brain, if you want to get technical about it.

But that’s not helpful.

[interpersonally]

Unless it was happening on a different plane. Somewhere parallel where you're given the stigmata. But, I think it's about torturing you. Maybe for dying. They do call it a "consequence."

[holyposition]

A third version of myself, and I'm feeling his pain? Do you deal with parallel universes a lot?

Yeah. No one's effects have been good, as far as I know. This isn't supposed to happen. Dying and then coming back, I mean. Maybe something in our souls, or bodies, or whatever you believe in, rejects it. And so we don't come back the same.

[interpersonally]

Once, that I've had experience with. It was called the Other Side.

You're right. Maybe this universe isn't used to the dead coming back.

[holyposition]

You don't have magic, but you've been to the other side?

[interpersonally]

( You don't even know what the other side is, bruh. )

The Other Side trapped the dead who didn't move on to peace. It ran alongside our world, and, yes, if you had unfinished business, magic or not, you could end up on the Other Side.

[holyposition]

[ It's a common colloquialism! ]

So you were dead, too?

[interpersonally]

Then, I was.

( Again. )

[holyposition]

I'm sorry to hear it. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Is that why you're so interested?

[interpersonally]

In your death consequence? I'm interested, because any aspect of this place that might give us answers is worth being interested in.

[holyposition]

We can agree on that, at least.

Unfortunately, a lot of people find theirs embarrassing or too personal, so there's not enough information being shared.

[interpersonally]

If it would even help. Thank you for letting me know.