He noticed her suspicious look and decided to press the issue. The more he knew about this the better. As she began to play with the straps of her strange-looking bag, he briefly wondered what was inside. Perhaps a clue as to her mysterious origins.
“Not entirely. It makes no sense, I…” she trailed off. “This shouldn’t be possible?” Ah, so we are working within the realm of impossibility. That makes things a bit easier.
“What shouldn’t be possible?” He hoped he was coming off as innocently curious, rather than hungry for information.
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