Rae recognizing Alice on sight made me wonder. Are all the transmigrators put into bodies that look just like them, or are they usually put into the story in their normal bodies, but Rae was sick and put in Rahaela's body?
Just curious on the details.
The bargain Rae, Eric and others made with the mystery woman is that you go in and are placed into the body of the person most suited to you, and get the Flower of Life and Death if you can.
The bodies often have a resemblance, as youâre put into the person most suited to you, though not always.
Marius recognises that Ericâs body in NYC while somewhat alike to his body in Eyam is not the same, and indeed when Marius sees Ericâs body in the past, in Eyam Eric is suffering from starvation that he wasnât suffering from in NYC - and the timeframe Marius sees Past NYC Eric and Past Eyam Eric in is much shorter than Marius thinks, because Ericâs Eyam body is 4 years older. Eric is 20. Ericâs (as yet unnamed in the narrative) body is 24. (Yes, poor Eric went from a body suffering massive trauma from collision with a vehicle, to a body on the cusp of starvation.)
Rae is 20. Rahela, whose body she currently inhabits, is 24. Both Raeâs and Ericâs new bodies are significantly older.
The mystery woman specifically says that nobody has managed to return. It may be inferred that nobody has managed to open the door, or if they did, they didnât walk through it.
Rae opened a door, and on hearing her sisterâs voice on the other side, Alice walked through it. Alice made no bargains that we are aware of. Alice has no personal need for the Flower of Life and Death. Alice is instantly recognisable and not older. I had Alice mention she had to steal clothes - it is presumed by other characters so she could pass as a boy and avoid some horrors of war, but actually it is because her attire would not be acceptable in Eyam. Alice is not part of the regular people-from-our-world cycle in Eyam. Alice is a break in the pattern. Alice is in her own body.
⌠This will, of course, have fairly major repercussions in a variety of ways.
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