And here's an unfamiliar face, but one who knows enough to not look a gift message in the letters.

After all, what's the worst that they could do? Kill him? Nothing new.

"In theory, you're correct. It depends on the nature of the illusion. I, for one, didn't arrive like many of you did - I don't know how I did. Whoever is doing this is extremely powerful indeed to rip us away from the place we were in. But as for where we are in actuality... I have a few theories, most of them unpleasant."