Can't be worse than home, is it? And yet a home he's quite in a rush to get back to. But the redhead can understand that, if he's being honest. And since he can't help with a way home, he'll do the best he can to at least give some information.

"This place seems to be some sort of in-between place. The being whose realm this is -- she calls herself a witch, but I have never known a witch at all like her -- calls herself Astoria. She pulls all of us from different worlds. ...how I explain the next part will depend on whether 'magic is real' is a fact of life or something that gets you checked into a mental health facility where you're from."