"It's the Narnia factor. Not only does time flow differently from world to world, but in order to get a person back to their world reliably it would be simplest to target the point in spacetime from which they were removed. Think about it. Date and time are essentially just additional coordinates when we're talking about multidimensional travel." She could speak science geek fairly well on certain subjects.
Her brows knit. "That's a good point. If these people have access to the energy and technology to summon us, why aren't they capable of fixing their own problem?" It sort of wore the bloom off of this place.
"In my case, well...I have a lot of reasons to be openminded about being snatched, but chief among them is the fact that my world is horrible, and dying, and I really turned out to need the break."
Dog comes back, shakes himself off at a polite distance and then goes trotting next to Walter, close enough to lean on.
"I can pass into different worlds, theoretically. I move into the different astral and cthonic layers of my own world all the time. Your stepdaughter? Congratulations. He'll come around, they always do. She sounds like she's already Awakened."
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Her brows knit. "That's a good point. If these people have access to the energy and technology to summon us, why aren't they capable of fixing their own problem?" It sort of wore the bloom off of this place.
"In my case, well...I have a lot of reasons to be openminded about being snatched, but chief among them is the fact that my world is horrible, and dying, and I really turned out to need the break."
Dog comes back, shakes himself off at a polite distance and then goes trotting next to Walter, close enough to lean on.
"I can pass into different worlds, theoretically. I move into the different astral and cthonic layers of my own world all the time. Your stepdaughter? Congratulations. He'll come around, they always do. She sounds like she's already Awakened."