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[bearshermark]

In the vision I had, there was a giant, floating tree called Yggdrasil. Someone in it said its leaves were responsible for death and rebirth or something. So I looked it up, and it's something from a myth.

I can't stop thinking about it.

A past life. Other worlds. Is the Bureau saying that reincarnation is real?

I'm so confused. I don't know what to tell my mom. She's going to think I'm crazy.

Advice would be great, if anyone has any.

Sorry for the trouble.

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[traceofeffort]

It's not a bad place to start, and it's not like we can ask for help. If we tried to explain they'd probably call the cops. And I don't want to think about there being a library set aside for us or something.

Hey, uh, if I can help, I'm here for you. Maybe we can get more done if we work together or something?

[bearshermark]

Yeah, that might be good. I guess there's a lot to this Yggdrasil after all. It sounds kind of interesting, but it'll be tough to study it, reincarnation, and do my schoolwork too. I'd appreciate your help.

My name's Elliott, by the way.

[traceofeffort]

I'm Lisa! Nice to meet you, Elliott. And I know the feeling - I've got a lot on my plate too, but I don't wanna let this go, you know? I think I can find the time between papers to do a little research of my own. I want answers too. And I don't think the Bureau's going to hand them out.

[bearshermark]

Maybe we could meet at a library on a weekend day to share what we've found?

[traceofeffort]

Yeah! I'd like that. I dunno how much we'll come up with, but maybe it'll be enough to make some headway.

[She doesn't reply for a second, before she adds:] This might be weird to say, but it'll reassure me a lot to figure out what's going on, even just a little.

[bearshermark]

That doesn't sound weird at all. Having something to look up and read about is helping to keep me grounded right now.

I've never wanted to do homework more in my life.

I hope you're doing okay.

[traceofeffort]

I'm... maybe not as okay as I'd like to be. But I'm telling myself it'll be all right. The answers will come, one way or another, and we'll figure out what the hell's going on, and we'll make it okay.

And don't let your teachers catch you being excited to study! They'll just make it an assignment. And then look at you strangely when you do it anyway. Probably won't even give you extra credit!

[bearshermark]

That sounds like a good way to look at it.

Do you have any time tomorrow? I can't focus on my actual homework for anything. Plus the less time I spend at home the better, until my mom gets back at least.

[traceofeffort]

Tomorrow? Yeah, I think I can do that! It'll be good for me too, I think. Between the paper I'm supposed to be working on and all of this, I need the break too. Well, "break", but still. Better for my head, and that's close enough.

[bearshermark]

That's great.

I feel like we should probably just start with the big one in Manhatten. They've probably got the most information. Unless you know of somewhere better or more specialized to look into this sort of thing?

[traceofeffort]

It's as good an idea as any! Besides, we're not far enough into our investigation to need specialized information. Unless you're a LOT further along than you were letting on. Let's just start from the bottom and work our way up. And if we need something we don't have, we'll look for it. No need to overcomplicate it, right?

[bearshermark]

Yeah. You're right.

Okay, what time would be good for you tomorrow?

[traceofeffort]

More or less whenever, honestly? Sundays are kinda lazy days for me. Laundry can wait, right?

How's early afternoon sound? After lunch, before the evening crowd come in with their coffee and take all the chairs. I don't think we need to actually get to a lot of books or anything, but we'll have access to stuff if we need it.

threw up a library log if you wanted to thread their meet-up

[bearshermark]

That sounds great. I'll be there.

I've got a bag with a trident shape on it.

Perfect, I'll poke that in a second!

[traceofeffort]

A trident, huh? Yeah, I can do that. I'll probably have my guitar with me, so I should be easy to find, too. I'll see you then, Elliott!