“Look. It’s complicated, and I can’t really explain. But would you believe…magic? Like a crazy, crazy, uh, teleportation spell?”

“Oh, a [Teleportation] spell? Was it a misfire or did someone target you? That’s a Mage’s Guild issue.”

“Her being a runaway would be most likely. I find it hard to believe any Human would wander so far into the grasslands by accident, and she did not seem to be looking for directions. Her magical teleportation story is also possible, but why would she not have asked to be taken to the Mage’s Guild? It is clearly a cover story.”

“Fascinating as in 'I know what spell that was?'”

“You truly didn't? Well, well. A traveller who doesn't know anything about where she is…teleportation spell? Amnesia magic?”

“And you're an expert on [Teleportation] spells? I see.”

“They grow that big? No; don't tell me. I don't want to know. But you're right. It was a teleportation spell. Or something. It didn't feel like a spell, but…”

“Fascinating. That has to be a very high-level phenomenon or artifact. Seamless teleportation without any visual cues and even sensation at that range? Not even our Archmages could…fascinating indeed.”

“No, no. I have no clue what kind of magic would be capable of that, if any. That sounds like a spell which—well, suffice it to say I know of only a few living mages who might even attempt such a feat. But if you were the target, it still makes no sense. Why would anyone waste such a powerful spell on someone as mundane as…as…”

“...Perhaps.”

“I'm not. But I'll just bet those kinds of spells make a flash of light or a weird sound, right?”

“And anyways, I didn't see any idiot in robes waving a wand around and shouting 'abracadabra'. And there aren't wizards where I—I mean, I'm sure it wasn't a…I just turned the corner and here I was.”