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[Ignoring Mu's question and staring at him like he's seen a ghost, because from his point of view, he has.]

I know this is a dream but I can't be sharing it with you, you're dead Mu.

I most certainly am not. If anything, it is you who should be closer to death than I - Aphrodite very nearly claimed your life.

Aphrodite...? Those wounds healed over a year ago! Then you repaired by Cloth and Asgard attacked..

A year? Boy, it happened less than a month ago.

....What are you talking about? Less than a month ago was when we defeated Hades...

...What? And do elaborate on what happened to your cloth?

My cloth? It's the Andromeda God Cloth now. Since it was splashed with Athena's blood it was able to reform and evolve after Thanatos shattered it...I guess you never did get a chance to see it.

....I must be insane I'm having a conversation with a dead person...

...Her blood...[Pales a bit, but his face does not falter]

I can assure you I am not dead, Andromeda, but given the nature of this place...

Shun, when you attacked the temples, which Gold Saints did you [murder]...who fell in the battles?

Wha...? You were there don't you remember? Deathmask, Shura, Camus and....Aphrodite...all died and then Saga killed himself.

If you're not dead then how can I be talking to you?

Hm...So you are as Milo is...

This place bends reality, it seems.

Milo? He's here too? But...

.....

Bends reality? What does that mean?

He is, but it seems we have different recollections of the same events. I haven't seen him in several days, either.

If you think of your lifespan linearly, like a string, imagine it suddenly tied to several others, each with a common point. I suppose that's the easiest way to explain this place. There are very few answers here.

[Is starting to stop being shocked]

So...you're from a different reality than I am? One where it's right after the battles against the Gold Saints? So that's means you're really alive.....

It is and I am. There seems to be one final difference between my reality and yours, however given Milo's reaction to the news, I'm not sure it would be wise to tell you...

Tell me. I've been through a lot since the time you're from Mu, I'm sure I can handle it.

There were no casualties at Sanctuary. Saga, Deathmask, Camus, Shura and Aphrodite still draw breath.

[Is stunned]

No casualties...th.that means I didn't kill Aphrodite? And Hyoga doesn't have Camus's death on this conscious? [Blinks back a couple of tears] There's really a reality like that?

There is, and I inhabit it.

[Sniffs and rubs tears out of his eyes]

I'm...I'm glad that things turned out that way in your reality. I can't change things in my reality, so I'll be glad that there's one like yours.

[Gold Saint does not give comfort to pesky Bronze Saints :|]

It seems, however, that the realities tied here can merge, somehow...

Really? I hope that happens... Kiki would want to see you again.

....Kiki has yet to leave my--Oh. Yes.

[Oh great. Now Mu's sad. GOOD JOB, YOU FAIRY >|] How is he?

[Shun is feeling guilty now because he didn't mean to upset Mu...]

Uh...he's training really hard to earn the Aries Cloth. He hangs out around Shiryu alot so I see him whenever Shiryu comes back from China. He's....dealing with what happened.

[Here's a small, but still very sad smile]

It's a little bit ironic, really...I was his age when Master passed away, and I ran to almost the same place afterwards...

Shion would have died when you were little wouldn't he? Saori-san told Kiki he could stay with the rest of us but he wanted to stay with Shiryu.