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[He is an acceptable sacrifice, though. He's the only acceptable sacrifice. His body is the only thing of value he has to offer. He can die when no one else can. They benefit from his pain. It's how he can earn his keep and contribute. It's not something he can afford to stop using.]

I'm just being realistic, Josie. It's not that I want to stay here, but I'm not going to pretend that it doesn't make sense if I do.

But it doesn't make sense. There's no reason that you belong here any more than I do or Lizzie does.

[Whether or not Landon is actually dead remains to be seen but as far as she knows, Landon hasn't done half the terrible things that she has.]

Even if you are ... dead.

[Deep breath.]

Even if it's true, that doesn't mean you deserve to stay here. So even if it's just taking you out of here so you can go find peace, we're not leaving without you.

[ he makes eye contact and gives her a thin smile. ]

There are worse places to be. I've had a lot of time to think about the options. Here, it's basically just like regular life with a few fewer existential threats.

I might not even be available for peace back home. I don't really know how any of that works, but only half of me is human. We're just guessing about the rules.

[ it doesn't really feel like they sent most of those malivore monsters anywhere peaceful. ]

[Josie knows that peace, like most things, is a choice you have to make. Hope honestly knows more about this topic than she does, as Alaric likely doesn't talk to his girls about his time on the Other Side.]

People who are supernatural get peace too. And yeah, maybe we don't know all the rules, but do you really want to wait here where there seem to be zero options?

Of course I don't want to.

[But he's ready to. Life isn't about what he wants, and he's already made his peace with that. If he's here, maybe Malivore will finally leave everyone alone.

This is running in a circle, and he hates that. So he'll shift his position and the topic at the same time.]

Do you think there are full moons where Raf is right now?

[She takes a breath and let's it go, at least for now. The mention of Raf is enough to shut her up, and switch gears.]

I don't know. In theory, he's back home. But I know that Elena's been to other places and leaving there didn't send her home.

Maybe he's with Hope. They can take care of each other that way, even if neither of them will admit it.

[Good things need to happen to the people who matter. ]

Yeah, maybe.

[That sounds kind of nice. Them being able to stick together even after leaving other places.]

One of Elena's friends from Teleios just showed up here. So it's not unheard of.

Which means it's not just a prison world, but it's a prison world that's connected to other prison worlds?

[Interdimensional Inception? How many levels deep are they?]

Something like that.

[Teleios seemed to have layers to it too, if Neal is to be believed.]

He was actually in a place before Teleios too. Some kind of weird magical castle.

Any chance there's a map to help navigate them? I'm guessing it's not as easy as just asking you guys to cast a locator spell.

[She shrugs because that's a good question.]

I think locator spells are limited to the plane you're on. But Neal might know more than I do. I've never been to a place like this before.

Sounds like he might be someone to talk to. Is he a witch, or something else?

[She shakes her head.]

As far as I know, he's just a guy with really bad luck.

I know a thing or two about that. Maybe I should talk to him? Just two normal guys who've had some really weird days.

I think that'd be good. He might have some interesting perspective.

[And it would save the narration from having to write a thread with herself.]

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