Maribelle was slowly getting used to this place. There were people with clothing and accents and attitudes that she had never seen before in her life, not to mention the fact that her world was in jeopardy - along with all other worlds. But she still wasn't used to being approached by a wide variety of strangers, each one seeming more alien than the last.

This latest one was no different, and whomever he was, he certainly wasn't human. But Maribelle simply squared her shoulders a bit and nodded, looking both tired and exasperated. "Yes, quite. I take it there are many here?"