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"I've met some wanderers permitted by the System to sell products in the living world," Yaga explained. "They experienced time moving much faster here while they were gone... so technically, I believe that due to the massive size of our world compared to Arcadia, time passes faster. A year in the living world equals ten years here, I think. Though I'm not entirely sure that's the exact rate of time dilation."
"So a year has passed?" Elayne asked. "Then it shouldn't be possible for them to come out yet... this isn't right... damn it."
"He must have freed them. But where did he get so much power?" Mark wondered. "I just don't get it... we were winning before—ah."
"...Hmm? You were winning, you say? What's going on?" Yaga asked, raising an eyebrow.
"...?" Sailor looked confused; he had mostly been listening in silence.
Little Hope was nibbling on a roasted mushroom skewer, but she overheard the conversation and glanced at her adoptive mama with curiosity.
