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[unetrustworthy]

[A six-year-old appeared on the screen.  Barely.  There was some movement below, like she was shifting a certain book being used as a booster, before her young face appeared in view once more.]

[That face wasn't happy.]

I don't know what's going on...but I don't like it.

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[unetrustworthy]

[He remembered well. Her facial reaction indicated her opinion of the notion...hadn't changed much in the time since he first contacted her.]

Why does everybody keep saying that?

And if they didn't take us on purpose, then it had to be by accident. Which means the people who took us are...really dumb.

[She assumes 'not on purpose' meant they took the wrong kids.]

[mrsarcastic003]

Well, there are a lot of people from different worlds here. I think magic is real in some of them. [Including Tim's, though he hadn't had much of a chance to study that yet.

He made a face. He actually agreed with Midii on that point.]

Yeah, I'm not sure they were too bright either. I mean, supposedly it was to help out with some big fight, but what are we supposed to do?

[unetrustworthy]

[Tim might have believed that magic existed, but Midii...didn't not. However, since Tim was a kid like her, it didn't feel quite so patronizing. So she decided to let him believe what he wanted, and whatever.]

...they're fighting here, too? [Strangely enough...that was the first thing that made sense to her since she woke up.] Oh. I bet they want us to carry medicines and stuff around the battlefield, then. I heard kids do stuff like that for the soldiers.

[mrsarcastic003]

[He blinked at that.]

I didn't think about that. I guess that would make sense for us to get recruited for that. But it sounds like it's all over, and they don't need us for that anymore.

[unetrustworthy]

Just 'cause it sounds like it's over doesn't mean it is.

Wait. You'll see.

[mrsarcastic003]

[Well, that's a troubling thought. Moreso because he thinks she might be right. Why else would the spell still be taking people? He can't believe that no one has figured out how to break it.]

Maybe. I guess we'll have to see, huh?