[ to his credit, charles actually takes a moment to really think about it — the differing timelines being actually easier to get a grasp of, now, with having met the different scotts here, and really, it's not that hard, right? timeline a, means alive, timeline b, means dead.

... well. simple in theory. he tries to wrap his head around the whole switching histories thing, and isn't entirely sure if he really does get it. quietly, he mutters, ] Edwin'd get all of this in like a heartbeat.

[ he sighs, runs his hand through his short curls, and then nods. ] Yeah, I think I do. The principle of it, anyway. So there's different timelines, one you, and different shit happens in different timelines, yeah? The you that's — [ he waves his hand towards the paper that reads arm ] — that, well, it wasn't you but it... what, could've been? If you'd ended up on that timeline?