sad Cam in Milliways, with company
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"What if they break the rules?"

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"Teleporting magical security."

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"...what if they say they will hurt people who are somewhere else?"

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"Teleporting magic security won't interfere with that."

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Frown.

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"You don't know anybody here."

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"I don't," she agrees.

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"There are reasons to consider bringing someone else through so you're not the only way to access your world, but of course there are also reasons you might prefer not to allow that."

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"The only other people in the house are my foster parents."

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"If you think it's a good idea to get other people from your world, we'd probably sneak past them invisibly, go to Anitam, and grab someone there who is likely to work with us."

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"Anitam is pretty far away."

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"We have magic that would make it a five-minute operation."

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"...wow. But Anitam is mostly conquered too."

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"Yeah. I don't have anyone in mind right now, but we'd probably look through historical records and find people who like you were essential after the war but who are ideally a little older than you at present. If we don't turn up anybody we might just get some civilians who'll hold the door for us occasionally in exchange for papers and jobs somewhere nicer."

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"You could do that in Voa."

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"It's easier to relocate speakers of Anitami, but admittedly not dramatically easier."

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"There might be Voans who speak it."

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"You would feel more comfortable with fetching more people from your world if they're Voans?"

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"A little."

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"Do you have anybody in mind?"

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"I've got a yellow great-uncle. He's probably alive."

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"I can probably get approval to go fetch a yellow great-uncle of yours. Name?"

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"Bar be-Ondi de-Vitko."

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"Okay. I will go discuss with my government where our interests here lie and hopefully they can designate someone to go and get him."

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Nod.

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