[ She isn't sure whether to be impressed or worried by the response but then he's probably had plenty of time to accept something like that. On a deeper level, Karen hopes she can come to accept this place the same way if she ends up being stuck here.

Though the "thugs" remark has her snorting slightly. She shakes her head, ]

We have most of that in movies and books. Video games. People wish they were real - that that kind of magic was real - but no, they don't exist in our world in the same way. At least not the one I'm from.

[ Adding that last bit because oh god imagining other Earths is just... kind of headache-inducing if she tries to stay too focused on it. ]

The magic I know about is... ninja-based, I guess. More mystical arts and human sacrifices than elves and gnomes.