"I have realized that I have been doing the decisiontheory of this all wrong."

"We should have performed at most a perfunctory early search of the sites immediately near where the Bag of Holding was lost, to verify the guess that the [Outer God] would not let us find it easily."

"Until the two of us had done something interesting, that required us to be both be in this place with incompatible memories and those memories interacting through us, our best guess said that the [Outer God] would not let us find the Bag of Holding.  Every time we searched a greater radius, we were, in the best case, forcing the [Outer God] to move the Bag of Holding further away, by altering our initial conditions and the results foreseeable by prophecy -- if It cared to expend that much effort, rather than simply arranging for the Bag to end up destroyed.  Locate Object, on a Bag of Holding, will not find a Bag that has been torn loose from its chainmail shielding, punctured, and destroyed, as would irrevocable lose its contents even were the Bag repaired."

"I have realized that I have been doing the decisiontheory of this all wrong."

"We should have performed at most a perfunctory early search of the sites immediately near where the Bag of Holding was lost, to verify the guess that the [Outer God] would not let us find it easily."

"Until the two of us had done something interesting, that required us to be both be in this place with incompatible memories and those memories interacting through us, our best guess said that the [Outer God] would not let us find the Bag of Holding and successfully leave.  Because that would undo Its initial intervention."

"Every time we searched a greater radius, every time we tried a new clever manipulation or spell to let ourselves leave earlier, we were, in the best case, forcing the [Outer God] to move the Bag of Holding further away, by altering our initial conditions and the results foreseeable by prophecy.  If It cared to expend that much effort in the first place, rather than simply arranging for the Bag to end up destroyed.  Locate Object, on a Bag of Holding, will not find a Bag that has been torn loose from its chainmail shielding, punctured, and destroyed, as would irrevocable lose its contents even were the Bag repaired."

"I have realized that I have been doing the decisiontheory of this all wrong."

"We should have performed at most a perfunctory early search of the sites immediately near where the Bag of Holding was lost, to verify the guess that the [Outer God] would not let us find it easily."

"Until the two of us had done something interesting, that required us to be both be in this place with incompatible memories and those memories interacting through us, our best guess said that the [Outer God] would not let us find the Bag of Holding and successfully leave.  Because that would undo Its initial intervention."

"Every time we searched a greater radius, every time we tried a new clever manipulation or spell to let ourselves leave earlier, we were, in the best case, forcing the [Outer God] to move the Bag of Holding further away, by altering our initial conditions and the results foreseeable by prophecy.  If It cared to expend that much effort in the first place, rather than simply arranging for the Bag to end up destroyed.  Locate Object, on a Bag of Holding, will not find a Bag that has been torn loose from its chainmail shielding, punctured, and destroyed.  As would irrevocably lose its contents, even were the Bag repaired."

"I have realized that I have been doing the decisiontheory of this all wrong."

"We should have performed at most a perfunctory early search of the sites immediately near where the Bag of Holding was lost, to verify the guess that the [Outer God] would not let us find it easily."

"Until the two of us had done something interesting, that required us to be both be in this place with incompatible memories and those memories interacting through us, our best guess said that the [Outer God] would not let us find the Bag of Holding and successfully leave.  Because that would undo Its initial intervention."

"Every time we searched a greater radius, every time we tried a new clever manipulation or spell to let ourselves leave earlier, we were, in the best case, forcing the [Outer God] to move the Bag of Holding further away, by altering our initial conditions and the results foreseeable by prophecy.  If It cared to expend that much effort in the first place, rather than simply arranging for the Bag to end up torn.  Locate Object, on a Bag of Holding, will not find a Bag that has been torn loose from its chainmail shielding, punctured, and destroyed.  As would irrevocably lose its contents, even were the Bag repaired."

"I have realized that I have been doing the decisiontheory of this all wrong."

"We should have performed at most a perfunctory early search of the sites immediately near where the Bag of Holding was lost, to verify the guess that the [Outer God] would not let us find it easily."

"Until the two of us had done something interesting, that required us to be both be in this place with incompatible memories and those memories interacting through us, our best guess said that the [Outer God] would not let us find the Bag of Holding and successfully leave.  Because that would undo Its initial intervention."

"Every time we searched a greater radius, every time we tried a new clever manipulation or spell to let ourselves leave earlier, we were, in the best case, forcing the [Outer God] to move the Bag of Holding further away, by altering our initial conditions and the results foreseeable by prophecy.  In the worse case, It would not care to expend that much effort, and would instead simply select conditions for the Bag to end up torn loose from its chainmail shielding, punctured, and destroyed.  As would irrevocably lose its contents, even were the Bag repaired.  Locate Object, for a Bag of Holding, will not find a Bag that has been broken and is no longer a Bag of Holding."

"I have realized that I have been doing the decisiontheory of this all wrong."

"We should have performed at most a perfunctory early search of the sites immediately near where the Bag of Holding was lost, to verify the guess that the [Outer God] would not let us find it easily."

"Until the two of us had done something interesting, that required us to be both be in this place with incompatible memories and those memories interacting through us, our best guess said that the [Outer God] would not let us find the Bag of Holding and successfully leave.  Because that would undo Its initial intervention."

"Every time we searched a greater radius, every time we tried a new clever manipulation or spell to let ourselves leave earlier, we were, in the best case, forcing the [Outer God] to move the Bag of Holding further away, by altering our initial conditions and the results foreseeable by prophecy.  In the worse case, It would not care to expend that much effort, and would instead simply select conditions for the Bag to end up torn loose from its chainmail shielding, punctured, and destroyed.  As would irrevocably lose the Bag's contents, even were the Bag later repaired.  Locate Object, for a Bag of Holding, will not find a Bag that has been broken and is no longer a Bag of Holding."

"I have realized that I have been doing the decisiontheory of this all wrong."

"We should have performed at most a perfunctory early search of the sites immediately near where the Bag of Holding was lost, to verify the guess that the [Outer God] would not let us find it easily."

"Until the two of us had done something interesting, that required us to be both in this place with incompatible memories and those memories interacting through us, our best guess said that the [Outer God] would not let us find the Bag of Holding and successfully leave.  Because that would undo Its initial intervention."

"Every time we searched a greater radius, every time we tried a new clever manipulation or spell to let ourselves leave earlier, we were, in the best case, forcing the [Outer God] to move the Bag of Holding further away, by altering our initial conditions and the results foreseeable by prophecy.  In the worse case, It would not care to expend that much effort, and would instead simply select conditions for the Bag to end up torn loose from its chainmail shielding, punctured, and destroyed.  As would irrevocably lose the Bag's contents, even were the Bag later repaired.  Locate Object, for a Bag of Holding, will not find a Bag that has been broken and is no longer a Bag of Holding."

"I have realized that I have been doing the decisiontheory of this all wrong."

"We should have performed at most a perfunctory early search of the sites immediately near where the Bag of Holding was lost, to verify the guess that the [Outer God] would not let us find it easily."

"Until the two of us had done something interesting, that required us to be both in this place with incompatible memories and those memories interacting through us, our best guess said that the [Outer God] would not let us find the Bag of Holding and successfully leave.  Because that would undo Its initial intervention to bring us here in a way where I would survive but lose my Bag."

"Every time we searched a greater radius, every time we tried a new clever manipulation or spell to let ourselves leave earlier, we were, in the best case, forcing the [Outer God] to move the Bag of Holding further away, by altering our initial conditions and the results foreseeable by prophecy.  In the worse case, It would not care to expend that much effort, and would instead simply select conditions for the Bag to end up torn loose from its chainmail shielding, punctured, and destroyed.  As would irrevocably lose the Bag's contents, even were the Bag later repaired.  Locate Object, for a Bag of Holding, will not find a Bag that has been broken and is no longer a Bag of Holding."