[Well that a change of gears. Not one he'd complain about though. Maybe something had gotten through that big green skull. He didn't change his stance, but he decided to answer.]

"Well I warned you in advance it would be hard to believe: apparently we're all trapped inside a book. The 'Author' was having trouble with the telling of her little story so she dragged people from all kinds of different places to fill the blanks. In other words, instead of being a captive audience, we're a captive cast. That, at least, is consistent with what everyone tells me.

I'm guessing, that this Author is has to be very skilled with magic to pull this off. At least, that's the only explanation that would have made sense where I come from. Then again, for all we know this is all an illusion. Who knows what a skilled sorceress could pull off if they got bored enough?"