"Vlad!" Chloe called out, her hand instinctively reaching towards the door where Vlad had just fallen into the unknown dimension. Her fingers grasped empty air.
"Do not worry about him," Lirien said. "I sent him back."
She bounced off from the chair, her fluffy body hitting the floor and shaking like jelly. The impact sent tiny ripples through her plush form.
"Take the jade box and follow me," she said, moving towards the opposite wall from where the shelf was placed, advancing in little jumps. Each hop was light, almost weightless.
Chloe's eyes lingered on the door for a moment longer. Then she shook her head and picked up the box from the table. As she turned towards the other wall, Lirien's tail was already turning the knob of a door that had not been there just a second ago.
Chloe decided to shut off her senses while she was here, or her brain would not accept anything she saw as real. The impossible had become routine.
