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[Guess who's a pro at this journal thing by now? That's right, Henry is. Magic 1 "Real World" 0.]

Sooo... is that normal? The changing worlds thing. Because it didn't seem like you guys were that surprised by it, but I always thought it was a big deal to go between worlds like that.

I mean, I didn't mind. Summer camp is great! I wish I got to go more often.

[And by "more often" he means "ever."

There's a pause, then hurriedly, like he forgot:]

Oh, yeah! And is there a lost and found somewhere? I'm looking for something.

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Oh. [beat] Yeah. [beat] I guess that's not really something you're supposed to talk to people about, huh.

You'd probably get in trouble, too.

Yeah, it--... I know. Sorry.

You don't have to say you're sorry to me.

I guess not.

But I still feel bad.

What's your name, anyway?

Henry.

I'm Kate.

Nice to meet you, Kate.

[pause]

Thanks for helping me.

Uh... you're welcome! I can look in the library for the book. Someone could have put it back there if the castle didn't take it from you.

[His tone brightens!]

That'd help a lot! But, um, you don't have to. I know the library's really big.

There's no way you could do it all by yourself.

I could! It'd just take a long time.

[Sheepishly:]

A really, really long time.

Maybe you could ask a ghost...

Oh! I didn't think about that. [HMMM] D'you think they'd mind?

I think they like working. They never complain.

[ THEY NEVER TALK... ]

We-ell, I could always ask, I guess. That'd make it go a whole lot faster.

You can ask them to do almost anything.

[And now he's just thinking about the ghosts and how they work.]

Do you think they get paid?

[ A pause on her end. She's clearly mulling that one over. ]

Dunno... guess not. They're ghosts. Why do they need money?

I dunno. To buy ghost stuff? There's got to be some reason they work here instead of doing other things, right?

Ghost stuff? Like what?

Beats me. We can't see ghosts in my world.

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