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[DHBirr]

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that moment when the vampire realizes that your carotid arteries are armor-plated: priceless.

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Ohhh, yes!
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"Magic," he said flatly.
Uncharacteristically, she felt almost like cringing, recalling how she'd reacted to her first encounter with genuine magic. "Yes. It's..."
"All right," he interrupted. "Will you be able to use it to return to your own world?"
She blinked. "Well, yes. Our sorceress" -- she still didn't trust him enough to point out which young woman that was -- "assures us she can get us back just by reversing the spell. But there's an effect like turbulence between the continua -- we can't depart until that dies down in another two or three weeks."
"Very well," he said. "We can give you safe lodging here for that time."
A kind of indignation filled her. "Doesn't it bother you that we came here by magic? It upsets all reason!"
"For you, perhaps," he shrugged. "I take it you're a scientist. I'm a soldier, and a pragmatist. You're here. I wish you'd go away. It doesn't matter to me if you got here by the Laws of Physics, the Laws of Magic, or the Laws of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel."
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Big Brother is watching you.  And damn, you are so bloody BORING.