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I'd like to think so. If I can make life happier for other people, that'll be worth all the money I've spent funding my research.

Do you think you can continue your research here? Or are things too different?

Well, there's currently no evidence that the collective unconscious world exists in Avalon, though there's also no reason why such a thing should be impossible. We still exist as part of a society with a perceived reality, though the differences in social and world norms among the people who've arrived could mean that there's less of a unified consciousness than there are among people of the same cultural upbringing.

To put it another way, all societies are formed of ground rules — things as simple as "murder is bad", for example. These kinds of beliefs form a core of the unconscious world which touches every member of that society. But in a place like Avalon, where there can be stark differences in the societal rules people have grown up believing, it's likely that such an area — if it exists at all — would be very different.

Of course, we as imports still have some unified experiences. For example, I would wager that a place like the lake where we arrived would evoke similar memories and feelings among each of us. It may be that such a place would be a likely candidate for a collective unconsciousness.

( that trip into Yusuke's soul pool certainly paid off in helping him understand his own theories. )

But then... we also have the question of magic. That's a factor which I never contended with back in Tokyo.

Interesting. I think we have more similarities than differences, even with our multitudes of differences in beliefs. For example, the current consensus appears to be making peace with Celliwig and the fae.

Doesn't that suggest to you, for all our differences, people desire peaceful options wherever they're presented? And you're right, just coming here has offered us all a number of similar experiences we can bond over.

You might recall magic is present in my world, but it's not quite so complex as the applications it can be used for in this world. It's used for fighting, some basic utility purposes like food preparation or crop growth, or
Well, that's about it, really. Here in Camelot, it's much more interwoven into daily life, so I can only imagine the questions it throws up for your studies.

That's true. It does appear that the moral compass of the people who've arrived here is largely similar to those on Earth. It could indicate that even across multiple universes, society evolved to understand peace as more profitable than warfare. Something like that would make for an interesting research paper.

I remember. I imagine such differences pose their own kind of difficulties.

It's certainly interesting. Cognitive magic offers potential applications for therapeutic approaches, but it seems to have limits placed on how much you can affect another person. I can't say whether that's just coincidence or built in to prevent people from taking advantage of such power.

( the Metaverse certainly didn't seem to have any limits on what people could do, given the events he'd hypothesised as being related to it. )

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oh my god why are they so nerdy

bc those library books aren't going to read themselves

gODDDD i hate them