[fourth wall event]

[slaying]

Okay. What's with the sudden population influx?

[Buffy's wandering through the town, looking concerned. These poor souls, dragged here at Christmas. Too many New Feathers for her to feel good about anything. Something is definitely up.]

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[nadarejin]

I'm afraid most if not all of us don't have an answer to that.

[nadarejin]

You can't be certain of that, though.

[slaying]

Sometimes? They come back and tell us that they've been home. But not everyone. So there's really nothing definitive about it. Which, by the way? It sucks. Majorly.

[nadarejin]

While I'd agree, this is the first time I've been exposed to this type of predicament.

And if this is indeed an accident, then what would become of us? . . . Yet another unanswerable inquiry.

[slaying]

Well, I don't think the Malnosso are gonna throw a party when they find out, if that's what you're asking.

[nadarejin]

I agree, I doubt they will. . . . Would they attempt to eradicate the anomalies?

[slaying]

It's a thing they've tried to do with anomalies before, sadly.

[nadarejin]

Meaning they might do it again . . . It's not an entirely comforting thought.

[slaying]

Which is why we need to get you wingless folks out of here as soon as possible, before the cavalry shows up.

[nadarejin]

I hear you on that, but how are we supposed to get out?

[slaying]

And now, we're back to the big unanswerables.

[nadarejin]

We're stuck, in other words.

[slaying]

As if we're in really extra-sticky mud, yeah.

[nadarejin]

This is a very troubling situation. And to think you've had to deal with something like this many times before, it's unsettling.

[slaying]

Exactly. I consider myself to be very unsettled.

Do you remember anything from before you got zapped here? That could help.

[nadarejin]

I'm able to recall everything but how I arrived. The last thing I remember is helping out the army.