"Enjoy."

"Oh, I will. The one good thing about this situation is that the use of nonsapient machines to carry out the slaughter means I don't have to restrain my vengeful impulses one bit."

Snort.

"...Would you and your handy telekinesis help me haul this back in?"

"Sure." Haul haul.

And once it has been confirmed that this is all of it she returns to her world to invite extreme prejudice upon some Sentinels.

And Bella sits back down next to Not-Thorny Edie.

"Regardless of whether or how much her actions ought to obviate any sympathy for her, I feel really sorry for her version of Mom and Dad."

"Yeah."

Hugs?

Hugs.

"Maybe I should hang around for a significant chunk of time, in case of more persons who could use my world's magic productively."

"Not a bad idea."

"And I certainly don't object to spending more time with you."

"I'll probably stay at least a few days."

"Then I shall probably also stay at least a few days!"

Giggle.

"...I like you a lot. And I wasn't strongly expecting to see you ever again, last time we parted ways, and it was a very pleasant surprise."

"Yeah, likewise. We - still can't expect to cross paths regularly. I get doors whenever I want to fly to Buffalo, I guess, but you're stuck with random."

"I'm going to see if I can get a spell to get doors. I don't know if it's even possible, technically, but there's no harm in trying."

"That would be cool. But any amount of time could still pass in my world while you were here and vice-versa. So that would enable leaving letters for one another in my room - which you may stay in, Bar, she can use my room - but not guarantee anything else."

"...Hi."

"If this place pauses time and Edie's already here how did I get here?"

"Are you sure this is your Edie? There was a different one in here a few minutes ago."