There are powers in all worlds that men do not understand, that they call magic. Some truly do have their roots in the supernatural, though.

[ No science only magic okay? Okay. ]

Not dead, but imprisoned. He may go to seek out the rescue of another. I will go with him, if he does; with this statue [ and the statue gestures at itself ] we will be able to communicate securely.

I find that I feel- somewhat responsible, for his state. It is one he has been in before, and I do not enjoy seeing him in it a second time.

[ Gotta take care of those pet mortals. You know how it is, right? ]

There may yet be losses. But we will make it as if these years never were -- a small comfort for those who lived them, but it will happen.