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Lady of Light 
Etta gave a small shrug of the shoulders. She actually understood him being curious.. "I'm not sure how it happened, though. My friend and I were talking and all of a sudden, there was a portal right next to us.. and we were dragged into it. You know what scares me the most? Like, what if we had never come back.. yeah..." She abruptly turned quiet, wondering where that outpouring of words came from. She didn't even know his NAME. Woah. .... "What's your name?" Just so they got that out of the way.
Uh. "I'll take you sometime." Etta offered with a smile. See? She was quite friendly and helpful. Besides, it was quite a cool place to go to. "You imagine what you want.. and it's there." She added. Right? Preeeeetty cool.
Erm. Wow. That's a lot of questions. "Actually, I was way too busy running for my life to notice the details.. it could have been a giant spider." She eyed him from the corner of her eyes, deciding to tease him a little. ".... Or even a giant Octopus."
Declan was listening attentively. There was a twinge of guilt that made his chest feel tight. Here was a girl who had nearly died and he was squeezing her for any ounce of information to satisfy his selfish curiosity. He almost issued an apology for that but her question made him feel even more like a jerk.
"Oh!" he exclaimed his mouth round.
"I'm sorry. Merlin, I'm so rude. My name is Declan. Declan Kenning."
He stretched out his hand. He figured a handshake was the best thing to do in this situation. Isn't that how most people did it now a days?
"UH..." Imagine what he wanted? Declan glanced at the ceiling thoughtfully, hand still outstretched.
"I'd appreciate that, thank you...Your name?"
Really. How much more rude could he get? What would Althea do?
"A giant Octopus seems unlikely," he answered honestly with a frown.
"A giant spider?" Declan tilted his head and wiggled his fingers to remind her his hand was still out there for the taking.
"Did it make a particular sound? Was there a SMELL?"