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[fantasies]

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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[kingsgambit]

And why can't it be random?

[fantasies]

Because-- [He hesitates. He really doesn't have a good answer for that.] Just because. The castle wouldn't be random about that.

[kingsgambit]

Why wouldn't it? [Because he really wants his answer now.] It is after all magic, why can't it be random?

[fantasies]

Just because it's magic doesn't make it random.

[And that, he sounds very sure about.]

[kingsgambit]

And why can't it be random? Surely you have reasoning for that, yes?

[And he's still sounding genuinely curious yup.]

[fantasies]

I dunno. It seems like the castle must be smarter than that, I guess.

[kingsgambit]

Magics not really a tamable force, just because it should be smarter then that doesn't mean it or it's master knows how too use it that way. [He sounds like he's talking from experience here.]

[fantasies]

It's the castle, though. It's... bigger. [He doesn't mean size-wise. This is hard for him to communicate, at his current reading level.] You know. It's not just a regular wizard.

[kingsgambit]

[No, it's okay if it's one thing Merlin gets it's kids.] No, it most certainly is not. But with power does not come the, intelligence to use it. In fact one could say it makes you less likely likely to use it in a smart manner.

[fantasies]

Yeah, but the castle's seemed pretty smart so far.