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[For a first time broadcaster, Severus sounds rather relaxed. Having just arrived yesterday, one would think he would be a little more vicious - but no. He's had his tantrum. There's no sense at all in putting it in the public eye when he doesn't know who's truly responsible for his abduction.]
Isn't it fascinating, the trials societies face, and how they vary from one to the next? Why, before I was kidnapped -
[He isn't even bothering to use the more formal-sounding 'abducted' or the less accusatory 'transported', because in spite of his general easy tone, he doesn't want anyone to accidentally think he's here of his own free will. Someone is at fault, and it isn't him.]
- I was facing the culmination of a civil war. People were dying - scores of people. And yet from what I gather, the trouble here is salt.
[Perhaps he isn't being as disdainful as he sounds; there's a subtle inquiry to his tone, because though his own magic has been slow to return, it hasn't escaped his notice that the fog is causing problems.]
Perhaps I'm simply failing to appreciate the gravity of the situation, in which case I expect some of you would care to help elucidate the matter. By all means.
Isn't it fascinating, the trials societies face, and how they vary from one to the next? Why, before I was kidnapped -
[He isn't even bothering to use the more formal-sounding 'abducted' or the less accusatory 'transported', because in spite of his general easy tone, he doesn't want anyone to accidentally think he's here of his own free will. Someone is at fault, and it isn't him.]
- I was facing the culmination of a civil war. People were dying - scores of people. And yet from what I gather, the trouble here is salt.
[Perhaps he isn't being as disdainful as he sounds; there's a subtle inquiry to his tone, because though his own magic has been slow to return, it hasn't escaped his notice that the fog is causing problems.]
Perhaps I'm simply failing to appreciate the gravity of the situation, in which case I expect some of you would care to help elucidate the matter. By all means.
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[She can't resist.]
Would you prefer to have been kidnapped from one civil war to another? The salt is seriously messing with basically everything magical and technological, but it's better than scores of dead people. And we've got more problems if you'd really like me to list them.
[Pepper isn't making light of the newcomer's situation back home, but it's not as though the situation they've all found themselves in isn't serious in its own right, for very different reasons.]
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But please: tell me the problems that plague my abductors. Perhaps I will feel some glimmer of sympathy.
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[She didn't really consider it kidnapping, per se, but Pepper would be the first to admit she'd rather have stayed home. Mostly.]
Well, your 'abductors' are dead, for one thing. The people who created the spell are all gone. If you're talking about the kedan and everyone else who lives in Keeliai, there's the fact that our home is not only in a coma but sinking; we're stuck in a fog that's dangerous to the point of causing people to literally fall apart - which a certain someone is collecting for unknown reasons; we've been invaded and semi-invaded by militaristic zealots who are probably coming back; oh, and there is no chocolate here. Things are complicated.
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[Why are there so many children here? Why?]
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That was meant to be a joke. It's a weird place with weird problems, but it can be pretty great, too.
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I shall have to take your word for it. And speaking of which...who are you, exactly?
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Oh! I'm Pepper. Pepper Potts. What's your name?
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[Well, okay, she likes the name she's taken. 'Patricia' was not cool at all.]
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