He comes across an issue in the form of his summons. Or, he had attempted to summon them, got a version of them, finished his mission, and now has to deal with them.

"Tobirama died," Ayame says, not seeming particularly confused or wary, despite her words. More amused than anything, really. The twins, Yuki and Yukiko, stand only a few pawsteps behind her. In his own universe, Yuki had been killed mercilessly. Yukiko had followed her twin shortly after, unable to go on without him. Seeing them both alive and well leaves a bad taste in his mouth. Something he had done differently had resulted in the death of the twins and that's... tough to swallow.

"Apparently not," he says carefully, warily. Yuki snorts.

"Our Tobirama refused to summon us after Itama-sama died," he says bluntly. Tobirama can't stop the flinch at the mention of his younger brother's death, can't stop from curling into himself. Itama's death had been his fault above anyone because he had been the one to leave the overly trusting boy alone in the woods, too close to the Uchiha border.

"It's happened before," Ayame continues with a sharp look towards Yuki. "Never to us but we've heard stories." Tobirama's breath shudders but he pulls himself away from his memories, from his ever-present grief, enough to refocus on Ayame's words.

"What's happened before?" Slips out before he can stop it. Curiosity: his largest advantage and biggest weakness. Butsuma had always warned him it would get him killed one day. Tobirama can't help but agree, since many of his scars and injuries and mistakes have come from being to curious, too inquisitive. The snow leopards had adored that about him though they had, at times, likened him to the tiger summons when he had ever spent too long in water for them to be entirely comfortable with.

"Summons dimensions are separate from the real world but there is a different summons dimension for each real world dimension, otherwise summons would get killed, torn apart, when summoned by two different summoners in two different dimensions.

Like real world dimensions, summons dimensions are stacked. At times, if two different summons dimensions summoned two different souls of the same person, there is a chance that the souls will collide and get mixed up, resulting in them landing in the wrong dimensions. Like what happened with you and our Tobirama," Ayame explains. Tobirama frowns, biting his lip in the one bad habit he had been able to rid himself of.

"I'm sorry," he offers to the trio of snow leopards waiting expectantly in front of him. Yukiko laughs, shaking her head.

"Our Tobirama was a broken man, hardly who he had been when we first allowed him to sign our scroll. He was dying, mind shattered and fractured, soul just the same," she says. "And judging by the way you aren't desperate for a way home, I'll assume we saved you from death. Not a horrible thing, if I do say so myself." Her tone is firm, brokering no arguments. Tobirama hesitates but smiles thankfully at them.

"I'll be able to summon you, then?" He asks, just to make sure. Summons are finicky, particularly snow leopards, and he doesn't want to presume and end up on their bad side. It'd practically be the same as stepping into his grave himself.

"Of course," Yuki scoffs, like it was never an actual question. "Just do something with that leech that took our Tobirama from us and we'll be all good." Then, just like that, they vanish.

...Tobirama would rather they didn't leave him with more question than he started with. He knows how he got here, at least, so that's something.