would seem this reality answers to your thoughts, even instructions.
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âAnd how cool is that?â Still, playing here for an hour or two was not the same thing as being stuck. But was she stuck? Could she get out the same way sheâd stopped falling? She wouldnât know until sheâd tried.
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âI want to go home.â Nothing. Then, getting all the way back to her reality might be a bit of a stretch. How about the one sheâd left to arrive here? âI want to go back to Ericâs dimension.â
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Try instructions not requests.
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âTake me back to the Toransâ dimension.â Old habits rose to the surface and she added, âPlease.â
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Nothing changed. âOkay, maybe thereâs a time delay?â
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I donât think so. Everything is instant here.
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She frowned. âThen what am I doing wrong?â She stood up and turned around. âIs anyone here? Can anyone hear me? Hello.â
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A faint echo sounded.
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Hello.
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She frowned. âAn echo means something has to be here. Sound bounces off objects in order to create an echo. Right?â She couldnât remember much about the science behind the repeating sounds, but she was pretty sure they couldnât exist if they didnât have something to hit and rebound off. She vaguely remembered hearing an echo when sheâd been screaming for Eric.
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âHello!â she shouted.
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Hello.
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There it was again, faint, but definitely an echo. Excited, she strode off in the direction of the sound. She kept her gaze in front of her so as to not look down at the endless nothingness beneath her feet. New reality or not, some fears needed to be kept submerged before she created them accidentally. âStylus, is it possible that there could be people here? Like yet another reality? Maybe thereâs a whole new species of people who live in this In-between dimension. I mean, why not? Iâm breathing and speaking. Thankfully I donât have to go to the bathroom or have an appetite right now, cause thatâs just not going to work out too wellâ¦but maybe there are others like me here.â The concept brought a smile to her face and a lightness to her footsteps.
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We donât believe so.
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âBut you donât know â do you? And if you donât know, you can only guess.â She laughed. âThis is new for both of us. Not just me.â
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Since meeting you, there has been much new for both of us.
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She stopped, considered the stylusâs words and nodded. âTrue enough. Well, together we can find whatever the sounds are bouncing off of. Maybe that will lead us to a way out.â
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Or lead you further from your point of entry.
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Ah shit. She hadnât thought of that. She spun around and looked back the way sheâd come. Of course, she could see exactlyâ¦nothing.
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And sheâd lost track of how long sheâd been travelling. âDo you think I need to keep track of where I landed?â She chewed on her bottom lip, worrying away on that new concern and wishing sheâd thought of it earlier. âDid you keep track of it?â
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We have noted the coordinates of your entrance point to this dimension and your exit point from the Toran dimension.
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She brightened. âSo we can go back there at any time, right?â
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In theory, yes. However as our knowledge doesnât cover this instance, we canât confirm that.
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She pondered that. âI think you should keep track of every step I take here. On all levels. Because we fell a long way in that first drop. Add the other couple of smaller falls and the vertical distance could be huge. It might be hard to get back up there.â
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You should be able to think yourself back there.
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She nodded. Theoretically that might be possible, in reality, well, that remained to be seen. Should