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Has anyone had any luck closing the Liminal portals? I don't have anything to go off of, other than guesswork, but it seems like cutting that off might be the best way to keep all of us from ending up dead in space. Although I suppose that would be one solution. But probably not the one we want.

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I haven't been able to accomplish anything, either, but I don't usually close portals, so I thought maybe I just didn't have the right finesse for it.

[But if even magic isn't working, well...]

I haven't heard anything other than speculation, but I haven't been able to follow everything either, so it's possible someone's come up with a theory besides the obvious.

How did they close before, then? On their own?

[She'd only seen people open them a handful of times in the past. But it dawned on her that she'd never seen anybody actively close one, either.]

What kinds of speculation have you heard? Maybe we can compare notes.

On their own, yes. The ones I can make only last a few seconds, so I've never worried about closing them behind me.

Not a lot. From other Travelers, mostly that it's got something to do with the Trumps, although... I'm not sure I agree. They meddle in things, but this would be showing their hand a lot more than they usually do. And you'd think they wouldn't want random people wandering into Liminal Space.

[What with the problems they've had in the recent past]

I don't know what the natives think of all of it, though, or even if they have a consensus opinion.

Well, the good news is that a bunch of them are all a bit distracted with the ship going haywire and the hallucinations and everything.

The bad news? ...a bunch of them are a bit distracted because the ship's kind of going haywire and several of them are hallucinating.

[Then again, none of this was news to anyone. Unless they'd been hiding in Liminal until then.]

I'm thinking it depends on what kind of meddling. And who's the one doing said meddling. Based on past experiences I've had with them, they're not above arguing amongst themselves in front of us. Sabotage wouldn't be unthinkable.

I've been pretty distracted with those things myself, so I can't say I blame them...

[And it's really getting tiresome. He'd like his brain to be his own again, thanks.]

Hmm. I hadn't thought about it like that. The last time they seemed to be fighting, we knew it, so the thought that they might be doing it now, a little more out of our sight, hadn't occurred to me. I guess it's that, or they're not the only ones who know how to work this trick.

Kind of makes you wonder, if that is the case, what finally set them off?

[Her mind went back to the name of the two ships. Empress and Corona. She'd joked at the time that it was because whoever was in charge of the Jaunt had taken a liking to one (or both) Trumps, but maybe there was more to the tribute than mere coincidence?]

It's a good question... although at least personally, I don't feel like I really understand them well enough to even guess.

Who does?

That's not going to stop us from at least speculating. Maybe we'll get lucky and guess right.

Hm. I'm just used to working with facts... I usually leave the speculating to other people. I just wish we knew a little more...

We all wish we knew a little more. And if some answers are what you're waiting on...you're gonna be waiting a long, long time.

Well, I've been waiting so long now that I can't remember how long it's actually been. I guess waiting a while longer won't kill me.

At least, not permanently.

You're way more patient than I am, then.

I think I'm just very used to not knowing what's going on, unfortunately.

[That had certainly been a recurring theme for most of his childhood, anyway]

...unfortunately, you're not as isolated in that sense as you think.

And I still say you're way more patient than I am.

Well, maybe. But being a little impatient might end up being better--if we all did things my way, I don't think we'd ever get anywhere at all.

well, as long as you're aware of that, I guess.

Though, if I were you, I might want to consider trying it a little differently at some point. Who knows? You might even come to like it.

Ah, maybe. I guess I'm just not very ambitious.

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