"I am making loads of sense," she said, tilting her chin up in indignation. She knew that it was hard to believe, but she would have believe him. Probably.

"You're just being thick. But fine, I'll explain again. I was taken to another reality, to an island called Tabula Rasa. I didn't have my magic there, and there were a bunch of people who were also brought from their home realities. Some of them were from worlds that are fictional in our world. The island works outside of normal time, so that people here don't notice that we're gone. Even if they totally should."