We've, uh. [Jail chuckles, slightly unsteadily.] You could say we've definitely met.
[Jasmine is pretty sure they haven't- she'd remember someone who looked like that. But she's not willing to contradict her.]
[She's also quietly putting two and two together with those earlier remarks. Somehow, Maddie's familiar thinks she's... part of this woman? That makes no sense. They don't even... well, no, on second thought she supposes they do look a little bit alike- the same hair and eye color, the same skin tone. But certainly not enough to confuse a familiar, so he must mean something else.]
The short answer is "some really weird magic shit". We ain't exactly sure yet.
But there's a bunch of kids that showed up here outta nowhere, and most of 'em? Are real familiar to some people we know.
[She's not sure how to broach the topic of 'so hi you might grow up to be me' with Jasmine without giving the poor girl a heart attack.]
If there's a problem, may I help? I'd be happy to... [Translation: I don't know what's going on but I'll fix it, please don't be mad at me.]
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[Jasmine is pretty sure they haven't- she'd remember someone who looked like that. But she's not willing to contradict her.]
[She's also quietly putting two and two together with those earlier remarks. Somehow, Maddie's familiar thinks she's... part of this woman? That makes no sense. They don't even... well, no, on second thought she supposes they do look a little bit alike- the same hair and eye color, the same skin tone. But certainly not enough to confuse a familiar, so he must mean something else.]
The short answer is "some really weird magic shit". We ain't exactly sure yet.
But there's a bunch of kids that showed up here outta nowhere, and most of 'em? Are real familiar to some people we know.
[She's not sure how to broach the topic of 'so hi you might grow up to be me' with Jasmine without giving the poor girl a heart attack.]
If there's a problem, may I help? I'd be happy to... [Translation: I don't know what's going on but I'll fix it, please don't be mad at me.]