[ No harm done, really. Jim just lifts a shoulder in a half-shrug and drops his arm back down to his side with no awkwardness. He's met a number of people who don't even know what a handshake is, and even some who do and wouldn't be comfortable taking part in one. So he doesn't take the gesture as a sign of hostility or unfriendliness, and easily moves on.
He nods when she introduces herself, eyebrows raising a little and head tipping to the side at the question. ]
I can't say how it happened in this particular instance. The only time I experienced it, it was when a friend of mine, from some good years in the future, traveled back to the past. But in doing so he altered certain events and the course of history enough that he created an alternate reality.
Theoretically speaking, though? You can have an infinite number of universes, and infinite possibilities so far as what might happen in each one of them. But traveling across said universes, that's just something else entirely. Not something that can be done in my world, at least not yet. But there have to be universes out there where that's a reality— possibly even commonplace.
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He nods when she introduces herself, eyebrows raising a little and head tipping to the side at the question. ]
I can't say how it happened in this particular instance. The only time I experienced it, it was when a friend of mine, from some good years in the future, traveled back to the past. But in doing so he altered certain events and the course of history enough that he created an alternate reality.
Theoretically speaking, though? You can have an infinite number of universes, and infinite possibilities so far as what might happen in each one of them. But traveling across said universes, that's just something else entirely. Not something that can be done in my world, at least not yet. But there have to be universes out there where that's a reality— possibly even commonplace.