[ She's thinking furiously. ] Daozhang was here twice. The first time, he was younger, and didn't remember me at all. The second daozhang, ah, the daozhang here now, remembered things differently to me, and hadn't been here before. So isn't that at least three 'alternates' already?

... Maybe the difference in your friend's world is that you didn't get brought here.

Should I ask? I have another question, right?