As all the wind, snow, and overall teleporting noises died down, Jason found himself in a white, quiet, desolate landscape. Nothing but trees and snow as far as the eye could see. Once the disorienting effects of instant transmission died down, The two found themselves with a bit of a trek ahead. Tommy started off the direction he was given, with Jason at his side. "...anything you want to talk about?" Tommy piped up, the snow keeping his voice low and compact. "Yeah, actually: how's that eye of yours lookin'? Any sort of new developments goin' down with that? Does it do something new or is it just for show or...?" Jason purposely trailed off, giving the bruiser a chance to lead in with an explanation.
"The eye? Honestly I'm starting to forget about it sometimes. I guess you get used to any injury if you give yourself long enough. Recently I think it's been giving me glimpses of what some people would call mana, as in the stuff of magic. You know the things auras, souls, ghosts, and enchantments are made from. Every so often it snaps into focus and suddenly there's an entire world layered on top of this one. Kind of a pain in the ass really."
"What about you Jason? How's it feel to be in a completely different universe, where your brother is a good guy and he still hates your guts?" Tommy asked.
"Tommy can see magic at it's spiritual core? What does he see in us...?" While Erebus pondered on the implications of Tommy's newfound gift, Jason was a little hesitant to answering Tommy's question. Brotherly hate was no new thing to Jason, but the initial reveal of young Takashi's disdain towards his brother was fairly disheartening. Though in this universe, as things were cleared up, the searing loathing from the brother seemed to be for a good reason.
"Well, it doesn't seem like he hates me in particular, though my alternate counterpart seems to be a real power hungry asshole. Makes me wonder how I (and by "I", I, of course, mean "him") even got to that level of crazy in this universe." Jason answered. "Maybe the animosity between you two is some sort of a constant, like how only half of Garrus' family can be alive at any given time or Tyson being generally abrasive."
"I guess." Jason said with a shrug. "It's funny the way the universe works, huh?"
"Actually it's pretty terrifying." Tommy added quite matter-of-factly.