He's not a cat any more. And his corruption is gone.
[It should be good news, that there's some way for corruption to be reversed. But...]
There is one other thing. He does not seem to know Choso. The other man we lived with. The third member of our team. This is troubling because they knew each other before coming here. Gojo bore some sort of grudge against him for something he was involved with in their own world.
[And the implications of all of this are... unpleasant.]
It's not something that he would forget. So I believe the most likely explanation is that it simply has not happened for him yet.
Jayce Talis has a theory that we are not at fixed linear points when we remember things. That the versions of us who are here are 'branched off' from our lives back home, that perhaps we are technically still there. Another version of us. It could be the same for Gojo.
But if he doesn't remember something that he confirmed to you... I agree, it sounds as if that moment hasn't happened. I have an ally here that encountered a similar situation. A companion from home appeared with memories from several years ago and nothing more recent.
[ Not to mention that she, Jayce, and Viktor all have different memories of their points of time. ]
And if he doesn't have the same soul, it would lend credence to it. He hasn't been corrupted yet.
[ But will, like all of them. ]
I'm sorry he does not remember you. I imagine that's been difficult and quite awkward.
Time is never linear. It's a good theory. I met someone from my own world here, once. She was from centuries after my final death.
What troubles me most in all of this is the thought that there is still, somewhere in Patho-Gen's keeping, a Gojo who succumbed to his corruption. I do not feel that I can forsake him and I do not want to replace him, even though they are technically the same person.
You are correct. It is difficult.
[And Felwinter admitting that is this biggest surprise of all.]
That is also my fear. And so I'd like to assess that theory, if you're amenable. If you or if someone else still has something of Gojo's, I could try to see if he's there.
[ Being part-wolf now and all. Ugh. ]
And I would not think of it as replacement. The logistics of it are complicated, of course, but this is someone who is a blank slate for you and for him. So long as you are willing to support him, whether at his side or from afar, I do not see it as forsaking either of them.
But how you feel about it also matters, Felwinter.
[How he feels about it matters. Something tells him should would not say the same if he voiced how he felt: that surely he doesn't deserve this blank slate, this second chance, when he had failed Gojo once already. And not only Gojo. Choso was gone too. Others who had not been imprints but who he had cared for nonetheless. People he should have been able to keep safe, but could not.
So he doesn't voice it. She doesn't need to know.]
All of his things are as he left them. Though I am not sure if his return will... confuse things.
[He had brought this amnesiac Gojo home with him, because what else was he supposed to do? The house was Gojo's, at the end of the day. He had paid for it. The only reason Felwinter even lived there was because Gojo had insisted on it.]
What do you plan to do with them? His things, I mean.
[ Interesting. And nothing's stirred his memory, then? Then it's as they were speculating, that Gojo is certainly from another time, and hopefully no part of him has been tainted by Patho-Gen except for what has occurred now.
Mel only realizes now how the offer sounds. ]
It would be to catch his scent, to see if he can be found outside of the Gojo who is now here. It's a long shot since he's been gone for some time, but it couldn't hurt to try.
[ ... ]
I have a second soul now, one that's a wolf. I could give it my best try but, if not, I have a few close allies who house Carnivora souls. It would not be difficult for them. But only if you would like to test it. If you feel there is no point, then that's all right as well.
I see. Johann tracked him to Patho-Gen in that manner, when he first disappeared. You are welcome to try, though I don't think even a wolf can pick up a trail so long after it's gone cold. Especially not with fresher trails obscuring it.
[And he is, in fact, speaking from a position of some authority there. He knows wolves.]
Are you adapting well? To housing two souls, I mean. I have heard of it happening. It seems terribly inconvenient.
[ That's...quite surprising, actually. Still, she won't disparage him to Felwinter. The answer is clear: Gojo was there at one point but the likelihood that they could confirm he was still there would be exceedingly difficult. And if they did, what would they do? It's not as though they would have any more luck tearing Patho-Gen apart this time. ]
It's been a challenge, certainly, but many people I've become allied with are Carnivora and so I've been aware of what changes I'd likely have so far. Otherwise it's been...very odd, I suppose. My two souls, at least, are symbiotic in nature. There's much they agree on.
[ And plenty she does not agree with. ]
A few of us have them now. It's disconcerting that it keeps happening.
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I hadn't spoken to him, no, but I wondered if that was him. And he has no memory?
[ Is that because of Patho-Gen, then? A rewrite to try again? ]
Do you know if he carries the same soul as before?
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[It should be good news, that there's some way for corruption to be reversed. But...]
There is one other thing. He does not seem to know Choso. The other man we lived with. The third member of our team. This is troubling because they knew each other before coming here. Gojo bore some sort of grudge against him for something he was involved with in their own world.
[And the implications of all of this are... unpleasant.]
It's not something that he would forget. So I believe the most likely explanation is that it simply has not happened for him yet.
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But if he doesn't remember something that he confirmed to you... I agree, it sounds as if that moment hasn't happened. I have an ally here that encountered a similar situation. A companion from home appeared with memories from several years ago and nothing more recent.
[ Not to mention that she, Jayce, and Viktor all have different memories of their points of time. ]
And if he doesn't have the same soul, it would lend credence to it. He hasn't been corrupted yet.
[ But will, like all of them. ]
I'm sorry he does not remember you. I imagine that's been difficult and quite awkward.
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What troubles me most in all of this is the thought that there is still, somewhere in Patho-Gen's keeping, a Gojo who succumbed to his corruption. I do not feel that I can forsake him and I do not want to replace him, even though they are technically the same person.
You are correct. It is difficult.
[And Felwinter admitting that is this biggest surprise of all.]
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[ Being part-wolf now and all. Ugh. ]
And I would not think of it as replacement. The logistics of it are complicated, of course, but this is someone who is a blank slate for you and for him. So long as you are willing to support him, whether at his side or from afar, I do not see it as forsaking either of them.
But how you feel about it also matters, Felwinter.
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So he doesn't voice it. She doesn't need to know.]
All of his things are as he left them. Though I am not sure if his return will... confuse things.
[He had brought this amnesiac Gojo home with him, because what else was he supposed to do? The house was Gojo's, at the end of the day. He had paid for it. The only reason Felwinter even lived there was because Gojo had insisted on it.]
What do you plan to do with them? His things, I mean.
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Mel only realizes now how the offer sounds. ]
It would be to catch his scent, to see if he can be found outside of the Gojo who is now here. It's a long shot since he's been gone for some time, but it couldn't hurt to try.
[ ... ]
I have a second soul now, one that's a wolf. I could give it my best try but, if not, I have a few close allies who house Carnivora souls. It would not be difficult for them. But only if you would like to test it. If you feel there is no point, then that's all right as well.
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[And he is, in fact, speaking from a position of some authority there. He knows wolves.]
Are you adapting well? To housing two souls, I mean. I have heard of it happening. It seems terribly inconvenient.
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[ That's...quite surprising, actually. Still, she won't disparage him to Felwinter. The answer is clear: Gojo was there at one point but the likelihood that they could confirm he was still there would be exceedingly difficult. And if they did, what would they do? It's not as though they would have any more luck tearing Patho-Gen apart this time. ]
It's been a challenge, certainly, but many people I've become allied with are Carnivora and so I've been aware of what changes I'd likely have so far. Otherwise it's been...very odd, I suppose. My two souls, at least, are symbiotic in nature. There's much they agree on.
[ And plenty she does not agree with. ]
A few of us have them now. It's disconcerting that it keeps happening.