Last year was supposedly from a mage in Solvunn fuckin' up the spell. This year, mm, can't say for sure. But if it is 'cause we're here, then they're just reapin' what they sowed. They brought us here, they should consider the consequences.

[ And that does sound callous, intentionally so. If the Summoned's presence really was hurting their world and their people, well, that's not the fault of those who were brought here against their will. They shouldn't have messed with the Singularity.

Her tone remains pretty chilly when she responds to him. ] Probably not. But it's less of 'em shufflin' around here than I'm used to, so it doesn't really seem like a huge deal to me.

[ She begins ticking off on her fingers, voice lightening again. ] So, Stephen -- PH -- Strange is in Thorne. Steve Rogers is in Cadens, lives right below me. There's you. And my Steven, with a V. [ She lifts her glass in the direction of the bartender, who appears in basically all ways to be a regular, sentient person. He meets her smug grin with one of his own. ] He's been here longer'n any of y'all.