Just five more minutes. He had five more minutes before his shift was over and he’d be able to retreat to his quarters with a hot pizza and 4 or 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Things were finally going his way.. which had him worried. Because when things went his way, it meant that something was gonna go wrong, something always went horribly,
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"Mr. Garibaldi! Welcome! It is so good to see you again." She bowed slightly.
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Secretly, Garibaldi was sure that you could have clowns running in circles around Delenn while they were on fire and she would still remain calm and unflappable. “Um, again? We were in a meeting about five minutes ago in John’s office. Delenn, what the hell is going on? Where are we? Is this one of Draal’s weird projections?”
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Breathe in. Breathe out. The cryptic crap always drove him a little nuts.
"Yeah, I remember. But what do you mean? Did the station fall through one of those time travel.. things? Like the one that took Baylon 4?"
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Delenn took a deep, steadying breath. "I am informed, fairly reliably, that we have landed on Earth, in the year 2010."
One step at a time.
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"Earth. We're on Earth.. in the past. This is probably gonna seem like an obvious question, but I'm goin for it anyway. Why? Are the Shadows tryin to keep us out of the way by sticking us back in time?"
Ok, it would make more sense for them to take Delenn rather than -him-.. but he had to start somewhere.
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"More, in...local time, let us call it...some months have passed since my arrival. I have seen many, many more people appear in this room as we did - people from this time and land, from other times, other nations - other dimensions - all as bewildered as we."
She shook her head. "No answer to the great question of 'Why?' seems attainable. The only thing anyone is able to tell us for certain is that we are all meant to have the opportunity to study a discipline the people of this place and time call magic."
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"Yeah, I keep hearing about this magic. Are we talking real magic, or something along the lines of technomages?"
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"It is possible this community could evolve into what we know as technomages. Some of the students I have seen are very attached to their personal information devices or music recordings, and they have experimented with powering them with magical energy. Perhaps that is where it starts...?" Delenn's voice trailed off as she pursued the thought.
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He rubbed the back of his neck, a visible sign of his unease and one Delenn would likely recognize. "I can see why they'd want you here. But me?"
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