Let's Talk About The Ends of the Universe

Me: Well, um... it's been a long time since we did one of these "Let's Talk" sessions without it being tied directly to some character thing, so I thought we'd go for it.

Ash: OK, I'm up for that!

Goh: Directly... so there might be something indirectly going on?

Me: There might... or there might not... but it could be all the same.

Ash: I think I get you. 

Goh: So then, what are we talking about?

Me: Well, have you ever wondered how things would be at the ends of the universe? Yours and mine?

Goh: Wow, all the way out there? I can't imagine!

Ash: I guess I'm with Goh on this one.

Pikachu: Chu pika pika. ["And I'm with you."] 

Me: You know, I have to be honest: I can't either. But let's try to start somewhere closer, like the space closer to our home planet.

Goh: OK, so if it's that far, then that's just beyond where Rayquaza lives. 

Ash: And then there's the Minior too!

Goh: Oh, right. All the colorful ones. But then you go farther away, and...

Ash: I heard that that's where Deoxys might come from - a floating rock in space.

Goh: And then we have more rocks, the stars, maybe other planets, and then... what else?

Ash: Could Pokémon live there? Could there be other things living there?

Me: It seems to get rather lonely out there. Or maybe we already are.

Goh: Hey, um... that's a good point. But then... what about the "ends"?

Me: Based on what I've seen, it could be that other universes border ours.

Goh: Oh, I think I've heard the term - "parallel universes".

Ash: I think that was the thing we went to when we met our "doubles".

Pikachu: Pi pika. ["The second world."] 

Goh: That makes sense. But could we - would we ever get to them regularly?

Ash: Oh, right! The one we went to was kind of limited.

Me: They say two regions can be connected by a "wormhole", but none has ever been found - no less between universes.

Ash: That would be neat if that ever happened.

Me: As you say, there may be limits - and if we can't break them, then we can work around them... maybe.

Ash: So what could be in these other universes?

Goh: Well, our friend is in one, we're in another, our "doubles" are in yet another...

Me: Who knows? But they say they exist, so to me, you two are somewhere out there in another (aside from being here right now in a "talk").

Goh: In that case, we feel the same way.

Ash: So do I!

Pikachu: Pika pika. ["Count me in."]

Goh: And I see what you're getting at with this talk. It's about finding us - and ourselves.

Ash: Yeah! But you don't have to go to the end of the universe to find "us". We're already here.

Me: That's true in many ways. But if it could ever happen and the means are there... then why not.

Goh: It's never really space or time that separates us. It's our feelings.

Me: And even at different ends of the universe (or universes), that may be all that counts.

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