Iris' eyes widened and she went quiet a long moment, taking in the news, half-happy, half-in-disbelief. "And... so are you? Congratulations, first of all. Secondly..."

She knelt down on the ground and drew two parallel lines with her index fingers, then stopped, raising one finger while the other continued on.

"I think it's like this. Whatever brought us here, took you from a later time in your journey and me earlier in mine. But... the fact that you remember me and I'm there, accomplishing all of this..."
She continued to draw the other line she had stopped, to continue parallel to Ash's.
"... maybe there is only spirit to keep me alive there and my soul is here? Are we dreaming? The soul can travel without the body, even while a person is living and even awake..."

But could it happen for this long? Iris folded her arms and tried to think, feeling she really needed to ask the Elder about this...