"It's not the same. A friend is one of many things that someone can be, but a human is all that a person is. So when I put 'my' before it, it's not the same." But that's just out of habit, he is also listening, his eyes going very wide at the revelation, brightening with a sliver of hope. "It's... not him that I don't give--" The words trail off because they are entirely useless, and he gives a small nod. "I - will. Thank you, Knives."

Earnest, and honest, and sweet.

And Vash at least... is thinking alternate realities because the Vash he saw was different from himself, so that already means differences. And he knows what he knows bout JuLai, so time travel is already a sort of given. Maybe.

"A guess! Only a guess. I'll need to learn a lot more before I can know." Go to December and get your doctor regulated ... cocktail of what not AND headaches that are the triple Vashes, Knives. That will answer the multiverse question. "... and you said that as though I'd figure all that many things out before you do!"