Video.

[flynnrider]

[ The video flicks on and off a couple of times to reveal a nose before the owner of the new NV realises what he's doing, a breathless yelp behind the feed as it finally slams On.]

- unzel! Rapunzel, are you there, can you hear me? Great, stuck in a new city and even Max is gone. Where could she be?

[ Running a hand through his hair, the handsome

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[video]

[eyesmiles]

...You climbed her hair.

[flynnrider]

That is what's become of my life, yes.

[eyesmiles]

Take comfort, then: things can only get worse from here.

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[flynnrider]

You're a regular ball of sunshine. Don't pull any punches, just tell it how it is.

[flynnrider]

These ... monsters. Where do they come from?

[eyesmiles]

I've no love for delusion.

...Mm, that's a strange tale. Have you been told about the Core?

[flynnrider]

The core of what? I don't have time for fairy tales.

[eyesmiles]

The Core of this world, in a way. It's what brought you here, and what is keeping us all from leaving.

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[flynnrider]

[flynnrider]

The core of the world.

[eyesmiles]

No. A machine called the Core.

[flynnrider]

Like what, a catapult to hurl you back in from the gates?

[eyesmiles]

...Mm, no. This time is more advanced than yours. You'll come to understand what I mean.

But it's the Core that breeds the monsters at night. Think of them more as ghosts, only solid, and hungry.

[flynnrider]

Ghosts? Whoa, I wonder how hard it'll be to manage a couple of intangible spooks!

[eyesmiles]

I said they were solid, stranger.

[flynnrider]

That's ridiculous.

[ Is Flynn speaking about having ghosts you can touch, or ... is he seeing what he thinks he's seeing ... ]