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[sheriffing]

... Is that anything like thirty six?

[bruxisms]

FORGIVE ME, THIS MESSAGE WAS NOT MEANT FOR YOU.

BE THAT AS IT MAY, YES. IT IS MY AGE.

[sheriffing]

Consider yourself forgiven.

Do you always go all in on the capslock, or are you mad about it?

[bruxisms]

THIS IS MY MANNER OF TYPING. I MISLIKE THESE DEVICES.

[ but is he doing it intentionally or not? it's a mystery. ]

[sheriffing]

[ that doesn't really answer her question, Stannis.]

I dislike them today. I've had a few that were redirected.

Is someone giving you crap about your age?

[bruxisms]

THERE ARE SOME WHO SEEM SURPRISED WITH IT, AS THOUGH THEY BELIEVE ME TO BE MUCH OLDER.

[ ...when you are from the middle ages everyone looks far too old. ]

[sheriffing]

You're a man of your world. It works differently everywhere.

[ her parents look like they're her age.]

[bruxisms]

I AM AWARE OF THAT. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT I ACT FAR OLDER THAN I AM.

[ someone has to be the mature one in his family, after all. ]

[sheriffing]

Most people from your world seem to, that's not just you.

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IF YOU MET EITHER OF MY BROTHERS, YOU WOULD NOT SAY SUCH A THING.

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Are they in stasis?

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MY ELDER BROTHER IS IN STASIS, BUT MY YOUNGER IS AWAKE. OR, AT LEAST, A VERSION OF HIM IS.

THE SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT COMPLICATED.

[sheriffing]

Then maybe one day I'll meet your younger brother and see what you're comparing yourself to.

Complicated?

[bruxisms]

IT WOULD SEEM THAT THOSE FROM MY REALM REMEMBER TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF EVENTS THAT DIVERGE GREATLY.

FOR INSTANCE, THE "STANNIS BARATHEON" THAT MANY RECALL SEEMS TO BE LITTLE MORE THAN A MADMAN. MY YOUNGER BROTHER IS ALSO DIFFERENT THAN I RECALL,
SEEMINGLY A TOUCH MORE REASONABLE.

[sheriffing]

So, like an alternate universe?

If he's more reasonable and you're more stable, maybe the two of you can have a different relationship here.

[bruxisms]

I SUPPOSE SO, THOUGH THE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT AS VAST AS OTHER WORLDS. PERHAPS A REALM WHERE PARALLEL CHOICES WERE MADE.

I HAVE THOUGHT THAT MYSELF. BE THAT AS IT MAY, HE STILL ROSE UP AGAINST HIS ELDER BROTHER, WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE DONE HIS DUTY.

[sheriffing]

Must make it hard to keep up with everything that happened there.

His elder being you, or the other one?

[bruxisms]

IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT THANKFULLY, I HAVE ALLIES THAT HAVE TOLD ME BOTH SIDES OF WHAT CAME TO PASS.

AYE, ME. OR, IN HIS CASE, THE "STANNIS BARATHEON" OF HIS WORLD.

[sheriffing]

Gotta love spoilers.

Which isn't the same as you.

[bruxisms]

"SPOILERS"?

NOT EXACTLY, IT WOULD SEEM. AT LEAST, I WOULD HOPE THAT I AM NOTHING LIKE HIM.

[ though Jon Snow would say otherwise. ]

[sheriffing]

Knowing what's going to happen without having to see it play out.

If that's the case, I hope it's easier for you to build something with your brother here. Having family in this world seems like a gift.