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[Genis is feeling all out of sorts. Yes, he'd been told that this massive headache and otherwise feeling completely lethargic and terrible would be gone by tomorrow, and so he would have considered putting this out there until then, but someone had told him that he looked somewhat familiar, that there was some older girl with the same hair colour. And while there were possibly a zillion people in all the infinite worlds out there that he didn't yet know about that had elder girls with a silver-white hair, the description sounded like a shoe-in for Raine. He had to make the post.

[But Genis looks just... terrible. He's tired and just feels just empty, not to mention hungry. You'll see a 12 year old's face just looking like he could use a really really nice sleep. And as a result, he's not afraid to be cranky. Granted, he's always unafraid to be cranky, but that's his excuse at the moment.]

I really hate to gripe about this first thing, but come on. I come straight from one world where I'm hated just for being a half-elf, and now I'm in a world where I'm hated just because I'm not from around here? Greeeeeat. You know, I'm beginning to wonder if there even is a world out there where people don't discriminate against other people for completely stupid reasons.

I mean, what'd you guys even do to the kedan anyway? Did you go out and kidnap everyone's kids or something? Because if it wasn't as big as something like that, I don't know what you could have possibly done to get them to hate you so badly.

[He says this with the most deadpan delivery ever. He then just shakes his head as if just in disbelief that he's already stuck in a world worse than the one he'd just left.]

Okay, at any rate, I don't know who exactly is out there listening to this, but... hey. I'm Genis Sage. I don't suppose any of you know someone named Raine, would you? Anyway, as for me, I guess I'm just a student at the moment, though I really haven't been attending school for a while since I've been travelling around my world for the past while with my sister and my friends. Despite that, I could probably still graduate at the top of my class even without having been diligent on all my homework last year. [He says this with a remarkable amount of pride despite his general malaise of feeling empty and tired.]

Anyway, I'd say that I'm looking forward to meeting all of you soon, but right now I'm much more interested in waiting for this massive headache to go away first. Though I'm told that's supposed to go away tomorrow, so that's one thing going my way.

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[That will surprise Genis for more than one reason.]

You were only 14 when you brought here? You look a lot older now though! How long have you been here?

But you think so? So many people from my world just assume that kids don't know how to do many things, so maybe I've got a chance after all.

[You know, once they get over that terrible foreigner aspect.]

[The slightest bit of side-eyeing going on right now, you. Didn't you sister ever teach you not to comment on a lady's age? ~~Not that she was much of a lady.~~]

17. Give or take. I've been here for about two and a half years now.

[Assuming it hadn't been more than a year's time spent in the Dream World.]

And I think that's true of most worlds. Except we were all brought here for a reason, so they have to know we're not completely useless.

[And Genis has no concept of a mental filter whatsoever. He speaks before thinking about it, if he even thinks about it at all. ~~Besides, shouldn't she feel complimented that she doesn't look like she's 14?~~]

You've been here for two and a half years now? [Yikes.] That's kind of a long time to be away from home.

But is that how the emperor's spell works? Does that mean there's some sort of intelligence in the spell itself? That'd be kind of weird.

[~~That is completely besides the point.~~]

Maybe yes, maybe no.

It depends on the spell. And, to a degree, who exactly was casting it; let's just say the person in charge when I was brought here isn't the same person who's running things now.

But I thought that was what was so weird about the spell though, that it continued to work after the emperor Eshai guy died?

Well, first of all, Eshai was a girl.

And second...nobody ever said she had to be the one casting it.

They why was she called Emperor instead of Empress?

[English, people.]

But... I suppose that is a good point.

[Don't be sexist]

I don't know. Maybe they don't do gender-specific titles here. Maybe that's just what she wanted to be called. Never really bothered to ask.

Well, I suppose it doesn't really matter when it comes down to it.

[Genis shrugs.]

But hey, you've been a great help... Ms....

Zatanna.

And you said you name was...Genus, right?

[Ah, if only he knew mentally she was spelling it wrong.]

That's my name! I guess I'll be seeing you around then!

[He had mentioned it only once, in his initial message. Zatanna was fairly good with phonetics--she had to be, in order to literally speak English backwards and forwards--but she didn't always get every name right every single time.]

Most likely.

Stick around long enough and the city starts to get smaller and smaller. Plus, we Foreigners have to stick together, right?

[~~A totally reasonable misspelling, completely.~~]

Well, if I stick around as long as you, the city will feel smaller mainly because I'll just keep getting bigger!

But yeah, I guess we certainly have to!

That too.

Does that answer some of your questions for the moment?

All the big ones at least. I'm sure I'll think of a couple more over the next couple days though.

Well, if you think of them at any point, there's a 50-50 chance I'll be over at the Welcome Center. You can come find me or Jack there.

Can do! I guess I'll find out who Jack is if I go there and don't see you!

[Call it a hunch, but she had a feeling seeing Jack wouldn't even be an issue in this case.]

Guess you will.

See you around, kid.

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