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[paradoxical_personality]

[After observing some of the unfolding chaos, Hel decided to pick up her mirror and offer some commentary]

........... and I thought this place couldn't sink any lower than that arrival party.

[It's concise and to the point, the mirror is closed soon after. She will check it later but in short spurts since there's a compelling reason why one should not trust the magical objects just now. If the witch's magic was strong enough to be cast from a remote location and still be effective then the mirrors were unsafe and compromised. Lipka, the apprentice witch, should be so lucky to ever master the arts in such a fashion. It was a wonder why so many other's kept trying to converse with them.

Here in a new land, and virtually powerless Hel wasn't fancying her odds of directly turning this around. She'd never felt so helpless in eons, and she wasn't about to own up to it.]

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[ace_of_hearts]

I mean for us. I'd rather be here than dead and not exist, anyway.

[paradoxical_personality]

[What he said next caused her some pause. Hel was of the opinion that the dead should remain that way. They'd earned their rest, so it was more disturbing to her that the forces here decided to violate that principle on a whim.

Still- it wasn't this guy's fault, nor did he sound that upset about it]

... Unlike you I still have something I need to accomplish in my own realm.

[.. which came out sounding less sympathetic than she actually felt]

[ace_of_hearts]

[Ace's face darkens, and he tugs down his hat.]

I died saving my kid brother. I can only hope he's being protected by other now. We all have things we miss, we can only protect them from here.

[paradoxical_personality]

[There was a metaphorical landmine to stumble upon. His actions only cemented the notion further in her mind that he should not then have been disturbed buy this world's magic]

I guess. [ Which is as close as she would come to empathizing] I know they say time doesn't progress while we are gone, but if that is in error there may be nothing for me to return to. [Or in other words total destruction, and no surviving siblings for any family.]

[ace_of_hearts]

[He gets it.]

If we don't stop the corruption, there won't be anything for you to return to either.

[paradoxical_personality]

Guess we're damned either way.