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[evocation]

[Kyna makes a face right along with him.]

Jesus, that sounds fucking awful.

[lifetothefullest]

Yeah, it sucked. So far this place is way better.

[He's not exactly optimistic it'll stay this way, since he knows he's seeing only the surface of everything so far and has already heard stories about terrible things, but he's still not sure it could get worse than Hadriel.]

But how bad Hadriel was, I was um... Nervous, I guess, to say anything about it until I had a better idea of what was going on.

[And he still doesn't want it public knowledge, but Kyna is Kyna; even if she's a different Kyna, he trusts her with this sort of information.]

I do know there are at least two other people from Hadriel here, though. It's not just me, so I wonder if there are people from other places like it too.

[evocation]

I get it. We barely know each other.

[Or so she thinks, anyway.]

Who else is here from Hadriel?

[lifetothefullest]

[Lance chews on his lip a moment, debating with himself.]

I'm not sure if they want anyone to know, so if I tell you, you'll have to keep it to yourself.

[And so if she doesn't think she can keep a secret he's giving her a chance to back out of the question.]

[evocation]

I won't tell anyone.

[It's an instant response—she doesn't even need to think about it.]

But if you don't think they'd want you to tell me, you don't have to.

[lifetothefullest]

[Lance appreciates the out she gives, and after another few moments of deliberation--]

I don't think they'd have any problem with it, but I'd rather be sure.

[He isn't totally sure what Drake's situation is here, but he knows Nate's been having a difficult time and doesn't want to stress either of them out, even if he's pretty sure they'd be fine with Kyna knowing.]

[evocation]

It's okay. Don't worry about it.

[She's wondering what that means, though, that three of them are here now. Does it mean anything at all?]

Were there a bunch of people from different versions of Earth in Hadriel, too?

[lifetothefullest]

Yeah. People were from all over; sometimes there were a few from the same world, but for the most part everyone was from somewhere different. That's the case here too, right?

[From what he's seen so far it seems to be, but he might as well make sure.]

[evocation]

Yeah, but I mean... It seems like there are a lot of people from Earth specifically.

[lifetothefullest]

In Hadriel there was a pretty wide variety; there were definitely a lot of people that weren't from Earth, or any version of it. I can't say what the percentage was, though.

[But it was a sizeable number, which he's wondering if isn't the case here.]

[evocation]

There are a lot of people who aren't from Earth here, too. I haven't like, counted, but...

[But she thinks she's talked to people who are from a version of Earth than any single other place.]

I don't know. I wonder if it matters. Or if it matters that you guys are all from Hadriel.

[lifetothefullest]

We looked for patterns in Hadriel, about who arrived or disappeared or whatever else, but we never did really find any.

[So it's hard to say if there's any significance, and he isn't sure it matters here either.]

It is weird that there are three of us from the same place, but I wouldn't say it's the weirdest thing about any of this. It might tell us something about how we arrive here, but then again, it could mean nothing.

[evocation]

You said there was a portal in Hadriel? Was it like the gates here?

[lifetothefullest]

I don't know; what are the gates here like?

[evocation]

They're like...

[She hesitates, nose wrinkling again.]

I don't know if they're magic or not. I think they are. We activated them with our powers, and they let us travel wherever we want. All you have to do is picture where you want to go.

[lifetothefullest]

That's weird, but pretty cool. Like teleporters?

[Or something sci-fi like that.]

The Door in Hadriel wasn't like that, at least as much as I know. It brought us in and sent us back to our different worlds, but we didn't control it; one of the gods--what we called the beings that ran the place, even though they weren't actually gods--could control it, but that was a whole story. It was also... Sort of alive?

[As far as he understands.]

[evocation]

Alive how?

[lifetothefullest]

I really don't know that much about it, but I think it was described as having some sort of awareness or will. It wasn't an inanimate object.

[But he's hazy on the details beyond that.]