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[blackfire]

I see.

（ everything has a weakness. there is no spell, no technique, no summon that lacks it. even susanoo is not without flaw. ）

Do you expect you will remember all you have come to know here, upon returning?

（ he knows that viveca has been... vague on the matter, from what he has been able to unearth. but sabriel likely holds her own theories. ）

[bindsthedead]

I am not sure, but I suspect so. There are objects and knowledge I'd like to bring back with me. Particularly the knowledge.

[Sabriel thinks of the notes she found in Kilnan, discussing how to use magic to travel between worlds... and how to make objects come alive, which strikes her as far less interesting.]

[blackfire]

That knowledge would also disrupt the natural order of our worlds, which may appeal to the chaotic nature of the orbs.

（ look it makes sense to him, okay. ）

[bindsthedead]

It would. Although that's assuming there's a single way things 'should' be.

[Which isn't something Sabriel believes. In some vague idea of fate, perhaps, but not that there's a single, immutable future.]

[blackfire]

Hm.

（ he and blue had a conversation about fate not too long ago, and he'd told the man then that if he believed in it, he would not be here. ）

It is also possible that what we are doing does not affect our 'prime' universe but simply will create offshoots of it, timelines that ripple outwards from the changes we wish to make.

（ but if it is only in one life that sasuke gets to grow up with a family, happy and protected — does it matter? he would still gamble everything on that one life. that one chance. would still die to bring it into reality. ）

[bindsthedead]

Perhaps. From what my cousins have told me, they See many possible futures... and through their actions, and the knowledge they share with others, they seek to prevent some futures, while ensuring that others come to pass. But there is no single future that is 'supposed to be'.

[At least, that's what Sabriel's been able to make sense of from the Clayr's explanations. That rather than being predestined, people's actions and choices shape the future.]

[blackfire]

（ he cants his head faintly. ）

Your cousins?

[bindsthedead]

The Clayr. They can See the future in the ice... and in some cases, show it to others.

[Like they had to Sabriel, outside the palace. It had been just one strange discovery of many that day, and far less upsetting than most.]

They're distant cousins- as are all the bloodlines tied to the Charter in the Old Kingdom.

[blackfire]

（ prophecy, of course, is an ingrained part of what it means to be uchiha. he considers that, red eyes drifting to focus on something she keeps on a shelf. perhaps it's a book he's noticed, or some little knick-knack picked up from one of the other worlds. ）

I cannot say if I think anything good can come from divination. Some things are not meant to be known.

[bindsthedead]

[Sabriel has accumulated a small collection of items- most of them books of Charter magic, requested from Viveca, but there are a few other objects as well- such as a dagger from Gyeonje, and several of the items she was recently given as gifts- including Itachi's own, placed next to Newton's book-lamp.]

And some things are more of a burden to know than they're worth- that is why some books are enchanted to alter the reader's memory, to suppress some knowledge unless it is truly needed.

But I'm not sure if the Clayr can shut themselves off from their Sight, any more than I can shut myself off from Death.

[blackfire]

（ hm. there are genjutsu traps that are similar, but it's an incredibly difficult thing to do. sometimes, the way odd parallels run intrigues him. ）

No. Innate abilities are troublesome in that respect.

（ he could choose not to use the sharingan, but what shinobi would fail in their duty of using every tool at their disposal to assure victory? he never could have accepted a life as a normal civilian, let alone as anything but an uchiha. ）

[bindsthedead]

[Sabriel just nods in agreement.]

You can't exactly ignore them, even when they're unhelpful. And they're often attached to some form of legacy.

[blackfire]

（ the word legacy is not without meaning to him. he is silent a moment, as if considering her words, and then he stands, gathers up the medical book. ）

I should return to my quarters for the evening. Thank you for your time, Sabriel-san.

（ polite, as always. ）

[bindsthedead]

And thank you for your company, Itachi.

[The words are offered with a smile, and a polite nod.]