"Not met in person," Karen says, shaking her head. "One of the council members over there is… the same as someone I’m friends with over here, except different. If there’s a me, though, I haven’t seen her." That, as far as she’s concerned, can only be a good thing. Whatever another version of herself might be like, she isn’t too interested in finding out, or learning what they do and don’t have in common. If there were one, she doubts she’d be so eager to continue making trips over to the other side, spending as much time over there as she possibly can.

Then there’s the article about John, too, but she’d promised him she wouldn’t say anything about it to anyone, and she means to keep her word. There isn’t any reason to bring it up now anyway.

"I haven’t met another you, either," she adds, smiling crookedly at him. "So all things considered, it could be worse."