"Okay! I don't have to go back to Brazil for a couple hours."

So she starts asking him all sorts of questions about what Materia is and Boots and the prophecies and wizardry—

Boots is the person he lives with he left his parents because he didn't get along with them, and she landed in Arda in a dimensional transit accident from Materia. Materia is this terrible horrible world that hates science.

Hates science? What kinda world is that? How does a world hate science? And why would the Valar send anyone there?

Because they are terrible!!!!!!! If you try to do science in Materia the thing you are trying to study will stop working that way or you will get eaten.

That's terrible. That is incredibly terrible. That is so terrible.

There was a version of him in this world who died three times before he was 13 and after the third they couldn't even resurrect him! Still can't! He might exist in one of Materia's horrible afterlives, though.

A version of him?

Yeah, there are sometimes alternate universe versions of people! He doesn't know if there are other Saddes, can't check from here.

Oh it'd be super cool if there were alternate versions of her!

So, about those prophecies?

...yeah, so, Ardas have a sort of fated path that will happen if nothing lands from outside the universe to avert it, and in the fated path he kills a lot of people because they are getting in the way of trying to stop an evil god.

...wow. Does he want a hug?

yes that would be good.

Hug!

Hug! With wings! "I'm not going to do that."

"I believe you."

"Because of Boots. The Valar should thank her."

"Didn't they thank her, later? When they found this out?"

"Maybe after they got destupided by Elspeth."

"Elspeth?"

"She has a power for explaining things so they make sense."

"Like, a magical power? Sounds useful."

"It is!! She just kind of goes around radiating information."

"Radiating? Because of the Elf telepathy thing, or to everyone?"

"...just to Elves except when she's sending it on purpose."