[ He squints, bringing a hand over his eyes. It doesn't help much with the smoke, but the wind is carrying. ]

Have they ever struck you as open-minded? Sometimes I think: what would happen if the whole thing got mixed up, and whatever teleportation magic that brought us here took them there instead.

[ He'd also thought: "why does this always happen to me?" rather often. His church had never given him an answer for that one. ]