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I think the "impossible" part is not their relationship, but the fact they don't remember how it happened. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:52, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 
I think the "impossible" part is not their relationship, but the fact they don't remember how it happened. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 23:52, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
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:Any particular impossibility is not explained, but I believe it is implied in Cueball's first sentence "If only there were some way we could..." implying that there is no way that they could. [[User:Brettpeirce|Brettpeirce]] ([[User talk:Brettpeirce|talk]]) 13:47, 24 July 2014 (UTC)
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It seems like an important distinction that in the comic Megan wonders how but the description says she wonders why. The comic doesn't actually give us a reason why they cannot be together- it could be ling distance just as easily as unrequited love. [[User:Bbruzzo|Bbruzzo]] ([[User talk:Bbruzzo|talk]]) 18:23, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
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Ive always thought this comic bears some similarities to Jorges Luis Borges' short story, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circular_Ruins The Circular Ruins]

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I think the "impossible" part is not their relationship, but the fact they don't remember how it happened. -- Hkmaly (talk) 23:52, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Any particular impossibility is not explained, but I believe it is implied in Cueball's first sentence "If only there were some way we could..." implying that there is no way that they could. Brettpeirce (talk) 13:47, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

It seems like an important distinction that in the comic Megan wonders how but the description says she wonders why. The comic doesn't actually give us a reason why they cannot be together- it could be ling distance just as easily as unrequited love. Bbruzzo (talk) 18:23, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Ive always thought this comic bears some similarities to Jorges Luis Borges' short story, The Circular Ruins