"Ah, Blue!" Mai called as he saw her walking away.<br/><br/>"What's her problem?" the girl asked in an indignant way. "Any way--"<br/><br/>Mai held up his hand to silence her. "Going after her," he said.<br/><br/>"But," the girl started, "we were talking."<br/><br/>"Can talk later," he said. "Not abandoning her." Mai turned to chase after Blue.<br/><br/>"Wait!" said the girl. "My name is Maryann. What's yours?"<br/><br/>He looked back for a moment before he ran off, "Mai."<br/><br/>"Blue!" He called running after her. Mai found that he'd lost sight of her, so he jumped into the air and searched from above. He spotted her not far from the house and dropped down a little in front of her. "Sorry left you out of conversation," he said. "Mad at me?"<br/><br/>------------------------<br/><br/>Reina laughed, "I feel kinda the same way. But there's no helping it. The only one of us here who would know first hand what the world was like before the war would be Mai. I guess we could always ask him if we really wanted to know."<br/><br/>------------------------<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"I'm confused,"</span>said Ari.<span style="font-style: italic">"How can this be earth, but not earth?"</span><br/><br/>Ebisu laughed and smiled, "It's the earth of another dimension. One that has seen nothing like the war or the great biological disaster. The different earths don't have different names because, well, the occupants don't know that they're just a drop of water in an ocean. Each of the different dimension's earths have their own unique qualities. Like ours has mutants. Some have mythological creatures like vampires and werewolves. Others have no magic but loads of technology. Some earths even have alternate universes surrounding them, filled with aliens that come down and live on earth. It's all so fascinating."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"So aliens, vampires, magic, and space travel, all those things exist in other versions of our world?"</span><br/><br/>Ebisu smiled, "That's absolutely correct."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"So what about this one?"</span>Ari asked.<br/><br/>"Well," said Ebisu, "humans never came to be in this world. It's a paradise for nature and a perfect spot for a secluded base. But that's why there are no doors in this base leading to the outside. This place is so beautiful and free of war, I'd hate to be the one who ruins it by bringing humans into the mix."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Haven't you already done that?"</span><br/><br/>Ebisu slumped over, "Now that hurts. We won't be starting any civilizations here. As soon as our world is back on track I'll wipe this place off the face of this earth. We'll all go back to where we were meant to be."