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[calledaftermath]

This is... This isn't Paradise, is it? It can't be, but... Everything is so... Clean. And so beautiful. I even think I saw a small forest. I thought those only existed in fairytales.

But how is this possible? I remember... Blood. And Cheza screaming. And then... Hige...

Where am I?

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[moonlitlunacy]

Paradise? [Kind of blurted that out incredulously without thinking. And now he feels bad.] That's... well, ha ha-- that's a new one.

[calledaftermath]

It's an old legend, that wolves will lead the way to Paradise.

[Then she pauses, and cocks her head.] You have a strange scent.

[moonlitlunacy]

I don't think I've heard that one before. Where are you from, exactly? [He's giving her a weird but nonetheless intrigued look.]

P-pardon me?

[calledaftermath]

Kyrios.

Almost like... [SNIFF SNIFF] A wolf.

[moonlitlunacy]

[He's about to comment about Kyrios when she mentions his smelling like a wolf. Fear ripples across Remus' features before he settles instead into a look of confusion.] I have a dog, if that's what you mean...?

[calledaftermath]

[She is completely forgetting that she's supposed to look human.] No, wolves smell differently. More... Feral. But it isn't because you've spent time around them, either...

[moonlitlunacy]

[He's just gonna keep trying to drag her away from the topic now.] That's a strong sense of smell you've got there, then...

[calledaftermath]

[fdsakfj she looks a bit panicked for a moment.] Oh, it... Runs in the family.

[moonlitlunacy]

... Interesting. [He's panicking a bit himself now.]

[calledaftermath]

[She's muttering softly to herself.] But you aren't a wolf...

[moonlitlunacy]

I'm-- no. No I'm not. Why would you even think such a thing?

[calledaftermath]

[SHE IGNORES THAT.] Where are we, anyway?

[moonlitlunacy]

[Remus is grateful for this, though it's drawn his attention to the fact that there must be something she's hiding as well.]

This is Template City. People from different worlds are supposedly drawn here by some unseen force against their own volition. Or... so it would seem.

[calledaftermath]

...Different worlds? How is that possible?

[moonlitlunacy]

I've no idea. I haven't heard of magic like this in my life.

[calledaftermath]

Magic, hm?

It's so strange. I've never seen a clean river before.