Hello everyone, I am known as Michael Davingston. That's right, known as. I have been given a different name at birth, but that is one that I would rather not use right now.
I don't live in your world, which in some ways is a good thing, and in others not so good. If what I have heard is correct, you are not as close to the Divine as we are, but on the good side, you don't have to deal with the Byzantine Church either. Our worlds are so similar in some ways, yet so different in others. Place names, countries, historical events are so close to being the same. Yet, things are so different. I don't know what to make of it all.
Let me try and explain what is happening a little. I live in the city of Brisbane, working for one of the orders within the Byzantine Church. I assist in dealing with heretics of the gravest type. As such, I am allowed some special dispensations regarding the use of what may be considered heretical knowledge. Every time I do, I have to account for it before a council of Church Elders, and they have good reason to see me burn at the stake. But in recent times, I found a tome that shocked even me. It spoke of the Divine, and how He created many universes, each to focus on a different task, or to exist for a specific reason. Even the author of the tome was unsure of the work he was writing. He had been shown by one of the lesser powers, one of the Angels still in the service of the Divine. I could tell that the man was writing of things that he could not fully understand, and was trying hard to describe what he had seen.
From what I have been able to decipher, that the world exists in many places, all of them different in some manner. Between my world and yours, there is an obvious difference, but I suspect that the difference is much deeper and more subtle than what actually appears. At a significant level, our world's share a common history up to the commencement of what is known as the First Crusade. From there, the tracks of our histories varies somewhat, yet still follow in vaguely similar directions. But, the tome also showed how it might be possible to connect to these other worlds. The author thought that it was possible to actually travel between the worlds. Due to the connection of the traveler has with their home world, it is easier for them to return than it is for them to find a specific new world.
The author had put many arcane theories, predictions and notes in the tome, and they were more easily understood by me than his earlier explanations. After some reading, and even greater research through avenues not open to many people, I was able to make contact with another of these worlds he described. To my surprise, I contacted someone who lived in the same city as I, and when that contact was made, we discerned that the dates were the same too. But, we found that the way the years are counted is different.
But I digress. I am trying to give you some understanding of what is happening so it will be easier for you to understand that I will see some matters differently, and possibly say some things that may not make much sense to people.
I will say this much, though. It seems that my voice can reach your world easily. But the one I talk to has a harder time getting his voice back to me. He has asked me many questions, some of which I have heard and answered. For me, I am interested in knowing more of your world, and why it is not possible to do some of the things that are possible in mine. Maybe it is a better thing that you are not so gifted as our world has been gifted.
One last topic before I depart. Due to my ancestry, my profession and the nature of my world, I may not return to talk more of my world, or of yours. I may also be busy with my work which will keep me from speaking with my new friend in your world. If I disappear without trace or warning, then I am likely to be dead. Few here will mourn my passing, and many I know will rejoice. I care little about how people think of me in general. There are a few that I would like to know how they would react, but with luck, I will never know.
Until the next time we meet, may the Divine illuminate your path in life with His infinite wisdom.
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