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[A burst of static, and a rough picture flickers across the screen. A blob of a face forms, and seems to be waving at the screen.] Um, hi. Okay. No, wait-- [And she frowns, tapping out something beneath the screen, and suddenly the picture sharpens into perfect clarity.] There! Sorry, the camera wasn't fully reconnected.

...Um. [And she clears her throat.] Hi. I ... already said that, nevermind. Hi, I'm Felicity Smoaks, from Starling City. [And then her expression pinches together like she wishes she could bang her head into a wall, but she refrains.] ...I promise I won't say it again. I'm just... just seeing if there's anyone else out there I could recognize. Since apparently I'm in an alternate dimension and some people aren't even from earth. [There's a vague tone of anxiety in her voice, even fear, but it's mostly filled with wonder-- like part of her can't believe it, and yet the other part, the slightly nerdy part that made it impossible for her to get a date in college, is almost giddy at the possibilities.

If she could just get over the completely scary aspects of being transported out of her home and into this place against her will, she'd be just dandy.]

And, um... look, I know I'm probably the thousandth person to ask this, but it's only my second day and even though I found the pamphlet and understand what it seems to be saying-- [A shake of her head.] I'm just-- just checking. [A small swallow.] Is it true that no one's ever really gotten out of here?

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People disappear sometimes. [Teatime smiles, but it doesn't look natural on his face.]

I suspected clean inhumations at first, but death isn't permanent here. Secret prisons are still possible, though.

[There is a very long pause as she stares at the video feed. Then, somewhat shakily, she just blurts:] Are you a robot?

[He tilts his head very slowly to the left. He has been asked if he is a lot of things, but 'robot' is a new word to him. His gaze is unwavering. The inky black eye seems to absorb all the light around it. ]

Ro...bot?

[Yes that eye is very unsettling, thank you for focusing it so intently on her.]

Yes. An automated machine or device that is anatomically similar to a human being but lacking -- um. [Okay, wow, she was probably being rude right now.] ... Or maybe you're not a robot. Sorry, I kinda just say things sometimes.

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[Teatime blinks owlishly for a beat. The only automated machine with any sort of intelligence on the Disc is the Thinking Machine, but as it is a room full of kinetic motion and chaos powered by rats and arranged just so by Wizards, he knows he hasn't been mistaken for it.

He abruptly rights his head and leans in.]

Lacking what?

[Asking the important questions.]

Hah. [Felicity swallows, running a hand over her face.] Hah. That's... nothing, nevermind, really. You're um-- totally-- [Not. Normal.

She waves her hand in lieu of actually being able to word anything to describe him.] How about we just start with ... where are you from?

[He stares just long enough for it to become truly disconcerting before a smile jerks into place and he continues in a chirpy tenor.]

That's a pointless question. You're obviously not from the Disc, so it wouldn't matter where I said I was from. You wouldn't know it.

[Yes congratulations she is definitely disconcerted and it is not getting any better sob] ...The Disc? What's the Disc? Are you from ancient times when everyone thought the world was flat, maybe? [A pause, and the rest she mumbles, mostly to herself:] Except that doesn't make any sense because I'm pretty sure that back then they still never had anything that might explain what... [And she was still not helping herself.] ...Okay, so, Disc. Definitely not Earth, right? I mean you're ... you're definitely not from Earth?

Your half-finished thoughts are rather grating. [He says, though there's a kind of warning menace about the sentence. One that implies rather loudly what happens to people that get on his nerves. But he's still smiling as he continues.]

And the world is flat. Wouldn't make much sense to call it the Discworld if it wasn't. I imagine it would have rolled off the elephants if it was a sphere like your simple planet. [He read about Earth geography in the library and it still doesn't make sense to him.]

[Oh god she is totally going to die]

I'm sorry! [It's a squeak. Her eyes are rather wide.] It's just... everything you're saying doesn't really make any sense to me, and I'm trying to make it make sense but it's not. And just. Elephants? [Seriously why her?]

...And earth isn't simple! [Something in her has to speak up on that, defending her own planet, even as she completely realizes that arguing with this person is probably not the best course of action right now.]

[Teatime's smile shifts subtly. He is very much pleased by her reaction. So few people in Wonderland had the mental acuity to flinch in his presence. They were all very dull. Talking to her was fun.]

Earth is in a fixed orbit around some sun. Same stars in the sky season after season. Dull.

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