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I guess a lot of people have been leaving lately, huh?

[It's kind of an obvious observation. People have been filing in and out since he got here, but this is the first time it's hit someone he knew, someone from his own world. He hasn't talked to Belle in ages, and now he's realized it's because her nameplate is gone.

He's not quite sure how he feels about that, yet.]

How does the castle pick? Who goes and who stays. Does anybody even have an idea? It can't just be random.

[Right?]

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You mean like with tickets and stuff?

Sure, why not. Maybe we all get drawn numbers, and if our number's up, we go home. If not, we forget all about it until it's time to draw again.

I don't know. There's got to be more to it than that.

Well, has anyone ever noticed any trends in the people that leave? You know, patterns.

I dunno. I haven't, but I haven't been here very long, so....

It might be something to look at.

Maybe I can figure it out if I ask a bunch of people. The older ones, I guess.

Yeah, there's gotta be some people here old enough to have noticed something.

[There's some page flipping in the background.]

If not, I can always look. It seems like people announce it most of the time when people leave.

And a helpful service that is too.

Yeah. And the journal records it all! It's really cool magic.

It sure is.

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