Lucky. But also kind of unlucky. The downside of having a big group of friends--from home or the multiverse--meant that you had many more people to lose when the multiverse...did its multiverse-y thing.

Ariadne, though, wasn't really made to be a pessimist. It fit her funny. Like a gown that had been made for someone else.

"I'd love to hear about them," she said. "If...if it's not too painful or anything."