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[This is one clever little newcomer who has quickly figured out the system. Well, the SFC system at least. He adjusts it slightly so he is looking straight into the camera. He is very obviously New Here. Mostly on account of being slightly wet and covered in towel.]

So. Yeah. Hey. I'm sure you get this all the time but I'm new here.

[pause, mumble]

Wow, that sounds like it is some kind of support group. "hi everybody, I'm the Once-ler and I'm stuck in a fishbowl."

Anyway, I was reading the pamphlets-- Great stuff really, very informative. I uh, think there were a few typos. And you might wanna hire a new illustrator, cause yikes, but really, thanks. It helped a lot. Wouldn't wanna be stuck in a kooky underwater magic fish bowl without some information, am I right? Haha.

[S i l e n c e.]

Anyway, I just got one question...

What is up with these towels?

[And he goes back to drying himself off again, muttering a little under his breath.]

Wow, a thneed would work so much better for this.

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He gives me the impression like he really needs a nap.

D --> He has many worries
D --> Most of them legitimate such as the Grand Highblood's existence
D --> ...
D --> Although some of them are ridiculous yes

Okay, I'm just going to take a wild stab in the dark here and guess this Grand Highblood dude is the guy I don't wanna meet in a dark alleyway.

D --> Yes

And I thought I got saddled with a weird name. It's Once-ler, by the way. Nice to meet you.

D --> All trolls are given titles once they hit adulthood
D --> I am Darkleer

[Wow that kinda sounds like a goth teen screenname.]

Well, it looks like you guys have been living with humans here for a while so I guess I don't have to go into the whole 'how do we name things' thin. How long have you been here for that matter?

[...How long has he been here?]

D --> Hm
D --> I would hazard a guess at close to a year

A YEAR? I don't have the time to be spending that kind of time here. My business is in a very critical start up phase.

D --> Time works differently here
D --> You will not have to worry about that

Time works differently... what is that even supposed to mean?

D --> Whenever you are pulled away from Vatheon
D --> It will be just as suddenly as you were pulled in
D --> And you will be returned to the exact time that you were taken from
D --> You will have no memory of this place

D --> There are many individuals from the same place
D --> Such as us trolls
D --> Who are from various places along the 'timeline' of our world

Okay, basically what you are getting at here is that when I go back I will go back right to the moment where I left and nobody will even know I was gone?

D --> That is what I just said

Just checking. That is kind of a big deal and I don't want to be going on the wrong assumptions here. But if that's the truth, that's great.

D --> You can speak with others to confirm it
D --> Summoner came back not too long ago

Judging by the title this is another troll, huh? How many of you guys are there even?

D --> Now?
D --> Only sixteen

Only? That still sounds like plenty to me. Wait, how many of us are here anyway.

[What are empathy?]

D --> Over 100 humans

Including or excluding those kooky natives? They keep trying to give me towels. I don't need this many towels.

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D --> Excluding
D --> Maybe you should move from the coral and stop looking blatantly new then

Or maybe I am going to sit here and collect all the towels and sell them at a marked up price.

D --> You mean the towels that every foreigner is given upon arrival
D --> And that are the most common item in Vatheon besides water
D --> And that we can get for free elsewhere?

Sure, why not. It is not like anything else makes sense here.

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