The only assumptions I make are from what has been "confirmed" by the tapirs of this world and what I've been able to observe in the year and a half I've been here. Whether they should be taken in full confidence is a different matter, but it's the starting point we have to work with. The tapirs themselves have told us from the very beginning of what we are in this world—fragments of our souls made of dreamotion energy that are still bound to our original selves using that same dreamotion energy. They have also informed us that neither side is affected by the other.
The need to sever the connection is also not necessary, but it is an option to consider if others don't work. Regardless, as long as we remain tethered to our world, there will be the chance that we are suddenly pulled back to it just like it is now. If we keep the tether, we need to ensure that we are no longer subject to unwanted pull backs.
I have also had personal experience in leaving this world and returning. I had no memory of what occurred here in Songerein when I was in my world, but I kept the memories that transpired there when I returned. I'm not the only one. I have also been in multiple worlds, though I only remember one of them and was told of my presence of the other. I know I have suffered critical injuries in one, but my original self was unharmed and also unaware of my existence there.
Of course that is only one account and things can always be different. But it's proof that it's not impossible to have safe separation.
I also agree this will take time. I doubt this will be done by the end of the season, and may take several months, perhaps longer. But that's all the more reason to start. We're effectively living on indeterminate borrowed time in this world, and I'd rather do something to change it than just wait and do nothing.
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The only assumptions I make are from what has been "confirmed" by the tapirs of this world and what I've been able to observe in the year and a half I've been here. Whether they should be taken in full confidence is a different matter, but it's the starting point we have to work with. The tapirs themselves have told us from the very beginning of what we are in this world—fragments of our souls made of dreamotion energy that are still bound to our original selves using that same dreamotion energy. They have also informed us that neither side is affected by the other.
The need to sever the connection is also not necessary, but it is an option to consider if others don't work. Regardless, as long as we remain tethered to our world, there will be the chance that we are suddenly pulled back to it just like it is now. If we keep the tether, we need to ensure that we are no longer subject to unwanted pull backs.
I have also had personal experience in leaving this world and returning. I had no memory of what occurred here in Songerein when I was in my world, but I kept the memories that transpired there when I returned. I'm not the only one. I have also been in multiple worlds, though I only remember one of them and was told of my presence of the other. I know I have suffered critical injuries in one, but my original self was unharmed and also unaware of my existence there.
Of course that is only one account and things can always be different. But it's proof that it's not impossible to have safe separation.
I also agree this will take time. I doubt this will be done by the end of the season, and may take several months, perhaps longer. But that's all the more reason to start. We're effectively living on indeterminate borrowed time in this world, and I'd rather do something to change it than just wait and do nothing.