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I believe it's 'where in the world', and even then, you'd be missing 'is Sarmen Candiego?' at the end of that question. Really, you ought to phrase your questions more explicitly.

This isn't the time.

The time for what? My, you do have an awfully short memory. I did just say you ought to phrase your questions more explicitly.

If you must know, the hot springs went to room temperature. That isn't supposed to be possible.

There are many anomalies that exist that aren't supposed to be possible. I do hope the rising temperature didn't cut off any precious quality time you may have had with someone else.

...what?

Is the idea of something that shouldn't exist, yet inexplicably does so difficult to grasp? Or is it that I'm correct that you had some private time with your beau or belle in the hot springs interrupted by this unfortunate turn of events?

You're reading too far into things.

Sara? What's wrong?

Something very strange just happened.

[oh so wry, though not mean at all about it]

Depending on who you ask, this whole continent is full of strange somethings.

You're out at the springs, I take it? What happened? Are you okay?

I'm fine, but all the springs suddenly cooled down. That shouldn't be possible, should it?

Huh? Um . . . n-no, I don't . . . I don't think so. They're heated by natural thermal activity, right? That's not something that just spontaneously shuts off. Or can be shut off, for that matter.

Is it just the spring you're in, or are they all doing that?

As far as I've heard, all of them.

. . .

Primus, what I wouldn't give for Beachcomber to be here...

You . . . might want to head back to the ship, Sara. You and everyone. I don't know how to explain it - not sure I'd be wholly right if I tried - but the springs cooling down is . . . well, it can't be a good sign. Either someone's cast some really powerful magic, or they've been deep underground messing with things they shouldn't have. Really . . . big things.

Right. I just wonder what it is...

Me too, believe me. I'm just afraid we may have to go spelunking to find out.

Someone's definitely going to have to check it out, though.

[From the tone of his voice, he's expecting Prime will be sending him.]

As long as we're here, we can't ignore it, anyway.

. . .

The thing that scares me is if this does involve the thermals below ground . . . messing with something in the deep rock like that, in the foundation of the continent itself . . .

. . . I don't like it. At all.

You think somebody's done something to the ground?

I'm no geology expert - that was my creation-mate, Beachcomber - but I vaguely remember he and I talking about that once, about where naturally hot water comes from. Surface water is heated by certain activities deep underground, natural processes. Trying to affect them would be like . . . trying to alter a storm that's covering half of Reial or something.

And . . . I could be way off-target or something. I . . .

[vents a sigh through his exhausts, voice suddenly sounding weary - and homesick]

Sorry . . . maybe I'm reading into this more than I should be. Especially after Antrim... It's just that . . . it was a combination of things that destroyed my homeland. I don't . . . I don't want to see a repeat of Cybertron happen to Reial.

...I see.

Don't worry. We'll figure this out.

Yeah...

A-anyway . . . hey, let me know if there's anything I can help with, okay?

Take care!

Right.

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