[From down on deck thirteen, Xanth has noticed all the posts on the network making strange claims. So many more passengers? But Xanth has been on this ship long enough to realize that it's too early for that. Not to mention this is too many to be normal
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[That voice. That inflection, that tone, the strange accent and the brusque manner... Xanth might've heard it on only one occasion, but it sticks out. He knows it.]
Uh... I-I... I can't j-just stop, I mean, I-I... I would i-if I... c-could...
[He thought you disappeared, Ben.]
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Y-Yes?
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Xanth kinda tenses the hell up and just stands there, awkwardly. Who is this and why are they hugging him oh goodness--]
D-Do I-- kn-- I-- wh-who are you?
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[Oh dear, he is confused.]
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You're on th--the M.S. E-Elegante. I-It's a really r-really big ship i-in the middle of... I-I don't know where. N--Nobody knows w-where. We're g-going to the Golden Sh-Shore, which is... I-I'm not sure, either. S--Supposedly, it's a g-good place a-and the Captain -- C--Captain Redd I mean, o-of the El--Elegante -- took us b-because...
[There's a pause here. He's not sure how to phrase it - it's a heavy subject, if the other passengers are to be believed...
But he just says it.]
...I-I've heard that our w--worlds are g-gone. I-I don't know if i-it's true, but... y-you can't go b-back home. I'm s-sorry.
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