"I've never seen branches." Truth be told, the idea takes him a little by surprise. He's always been taught, and believed, that ka does as it wills. The idea that there are varying timelines, varying possibilities... it hasn't really occurred to him. There's only ka, and the possibilities ka shows you, to bring the right course about. "But aye, it sounds close enough."

And then there's that word hatched, which only serves to remind him that the person he's talking to is decidedly inhuman. He does his best not to dwell on it. Even so, it's an uneasy thought.