Unfortunately, it’s usually not so simple. Once someone has decided they care, there’s nothing can be done to change their mind. Linda frets so because she cares, the people on the network answer your questions and scold you for wandering out of the Quarantine because they care. I am here because I care.

Danger may come for you through that portal, I cannot tell you that it won’t for certain, but there are many of us here who have fantastical abilities, many more who would stand between a young girl and someone who would do her harm whether we knew her or not. You are not damning us simply by knowing us. In the end, it is our choice care, our choice to step in.

Try as you might to pull away, you cannot remove that choice. And I do not think you wish to completely isolate yourself, either, or else you would not reach out in the first place.