[ once upon a time, that smile would have made her feel all warm and tingly, probably. right now, it — still does that, but all warm and tingly feelings of hello, handsome are tempered by thoughts of lucas and by how completely and utterly lost she feels with all this. ]

Really? I'd never heard of anyone doing that before it happened to me. And now it's happened again. Pretty sure that's not normal, at least where I'm from.

[ but apparently here, it is. ] Do you know how to get back to other - realms? [ odd choice of words, but okay. ]

Why, what is it?