Re: John and Claudia
Snorting, John just shook his head. At least he'd been able to follow the references so far. He'd worry when she started getting into things he jumped over.
"You can get another diamond, though. There is nothing beyond aesthetics in the Hope Diamond that can't be gained with other diamonds. The gem itself doesn't even carry it's history. That's recorded elsewhere, in books, in people's minds. Would it be tragic to see a piece of history lost? Sure. But, it's a thing. It can be replaced with other things. People aren't replaced as easily. Coming to this dimension just reinforces that. No matter how similar, no one's counterpart is the same. We couldn't have gone and picked up this world's Claudia Donovan and gotten a true replacement for you. Neither Derek, nor I even have true counterparts in this dimension. John Baum has never existed here." Okay, so that was more because Skynet never existed and John Connor was able to grow up, but it was the best illustration he could use without going into the real details of how interchangeable they weren't. "No thing is worth a human life."