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[thebestnose]

[She's been pushing buttons and has finally figured out the video function. Hooray! Now she's glaring at the screen.] Well, I’ll be jaundiced. I guess all that wasn’t a dream. [Long, awkward pause.] Name’s Jane. I'm apparently a warden here. [Another long, awkward pause until she gets annoyed at herself and talks a little faster.] Look, I know

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[mrs_persson]

Hello, Jane-welcome aboard. I'm Una Persson, also a warden.

[thebestnose]

Thanks.. Persson...that's kind of a strange last name, isn't it?

[mrs_persson]

I get that a lot from English-speakers. It's Swedish name, actually.

[thebestnose]

Swedish? What's that?

[mrs_persson]

... A country in Scandinavia that-ah. Right, back to first principles, clearly. Where and when are you from, may I ask?

[thebestnose]

East Carmine. The year is 00496, but that won't mean anything to you.

[mrs_persson]

The place-name isn't familiar to me either, I confess.

[thebestnose]

It's a city in the Fringes. Of...Chroma- you don't know any of this.

It's a city that doesn't exist yet. [Pause]

Scandinavia. Is that on the RISK map? I don't recall seeing it.

[mrs_persson]

Ah. Well, there's a lot of us who know cities and places that don't exist in one another's time streams.

[And then ... slow blink.]

RISK? As in the board game?

[thebestnose]

Board game? No. The map.

[mrs_persson]

[Penny drops. Sort of.]

Ah. Right. Um, I think it's one of the blue bits up top.

[thebestnose]

Oh yes!

It's been a while since I've seen it. Is that where you lived?

[mrs_persson]

Only occasionally. I spend most of my time in Eastern Europe and in England.

[thebestnose]

Ah.

How long have you been here?

[mrs_persson]

About a year and a half. Not counting some of the trips I've taken outside of the primary timeline here, or the fortnight I spent in a coma.

[thebestnose]

A year and a half?

What do you mean by coma?