Of course. Opal is toying with our emotions for her own gratification. Nothing more. She wishes to place herself in a position of power, emotionally.

Remember the pain?' thought Artemis. I hate myself. I really do.

They have gone. And the tunnel is about to close. So, boys, I am looking for someone to blame.

Anything can be real. Every imaginable thing is happening somewhere along the dimensional axis. These things happen a billion times over with exactly the same outcome and no one learns anything. Whatever a person can think, imagine, wish for, or believe has already come to pass. Dreams come true all the time, just not for the dreamers.

Well, I don't like the first bit and I don't know the last bit. So I'm really hoping the middle bit is exceptional.

Let's save some time here. I grow weary of your clumsy bluffs. In the case of an abduction, the LEP will send a crack Retrieval team to get back what has been lost.. You have done so. Excuse me while I titter. Crack team? Honestly. A Cub-Scout patrol armed with water pistols could have defeated them.

The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese.