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[70ftandcounting]

Is...is it over?

[A soft, quiet noise. Not a whimper, not a cry - but maybe the tiniest of sniffles]

Is he gone?

[Bartimaeus was RIGHT.]

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[lightwithin]

Oh.

[She had a feeling she had known that.]

Well, it's like the lake. But with waves. And less grass.

[70ftandcounting]

What does it have instead of grass?

[lightwithin]

Sand.

Or rocks, but sand is better. You can dig in it or build sand castles. Heh, or bury your friends if thye fall asleep.

[70ftandcounting]

[ENRAPTURED]

What color is the sand? The water?

[lightwithin]

[Kairi giggles.]

The sand's white... Well, a very pale brown. And the water's blue, maybe a little green.

[70ftandcounting]

[She sighs.]

It sounds so beautiful! I would love to see it one day.

[lightwithin]

Well, maybe you will.

[It's not impossible, right?]

If someone can bring back all our worlds...

[70ftandcounting]

I hope so.

[She thinks about that for a moment.]

How do you think they're going to do it? Bring them back, I mean.

[lightwithin]

Hmm...

Well, I never really thought about it.

[Even though she'd seen it before. She hadn't thought about it then either. It had just... happened.]

I suppose, they'll have to find what unmade them.

[70ftandcounting]

[Rapunzel has thought about it a little, if only because she misses her mother -- and Flynn.]

Do...do you think it was a person?

[lightwithin]

... Maybe.

[It had been a person before. But she doesn't want to say so. That person had disappeared.]

I hope not.

[70ftandcounting]

Me too...

[She looks uncomfortable, worried -- like there might be something around the corner lurking.]

Everything...is going to be fine, though. We'll all be okay -- it's just a matter of time.