In one universe Jacob never doubted, in another he made a gamble. In one universe a women burned to death, in another a man saved a life at the cost of his own. They collided and one of them was tasked with the burden of twice as many memories.

He wasn't suposed to be here, or exist here for that matter. He did though, and really that was the crux of the matter. He knew how he got here, but he didn't KNOW how he got here. One thing was certain: nothing would be the same. He'd make sure of that.

They were brothers by blood, twins to be exact. Yet acting like they were faint aquintences that met from time to time, and in a sense this was true. Where had that family feeling gone that had been there in their younger years,a question often pondered.