She accepted the hand without question. "Zatanna Zatara."
His reaction to her initial answer was certainly telling. Did he come from a world where magic was rare, or kept secret? She and her father had always been pretty open about their abilities, yes, but there had also been reasons why Giovanni sought to keep his only daughter's existence out of the spotlight while she was growing up. So, in a way, she grew up knowing both what it was like to have to hide and not having to hide...even before her arrival in Keelai.
"That...gets a little more complicated." And long. Given the original answer spanned back several years. "See, once upon a time, we were more or less brought here to fight off a specific threat. Some bid baddy that the rest of us took care of a bit over a year ago. Only, no, we hadn't really been told at the time, and not everybody showed up all at once. When the final battle went down, we were all given the chance to go back home, or stay and see things through. Most of us chose the first option, but there were some of us who wanted to stay a little while longer for...different reasons."
(Admittedly, hers were just as personal as they were about concern for the local population post-battle.)
"But, see, now there's some new stuff going around. And people keep showing up. So I guess you can say that Malicant wasn't the only thing threatening this world, or the only thing that our help is needed with. We're...still kind of working out all the new details, to be honest."
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His reaction to her initial answer was certainly telling. Did he come from a world where magic was rare, or kept secret? She and her father had always been pretty open about their abilities, yes, but there had also been reasons why Giovanni sought to keep his only daughter's existence out of the spotlight while she was growing up. So, in a way, she grew up knowing both what it was like to have to hide and not having to hide...even before her arrival in Keelai.
"That...gets a little more complicated." And long. Given the original answer spanned back several years. "See, once upon a time, we were more or less brought here to fight off a specific threat. Some bid baddy that the rest of us took care of a bit over a year ago. Only, no, we hadn't really been told at the time, and not everybody showed up all at once. When the final battle went down, we were all given the chance to go back home, or stay and see things through. Most of us chose the first option, but there were some of us who wanted to stay a little while longer for...different reasons."
(Admittedly, hers were just as personal as they were about concern for the local population post-battle.)
"But, see, now there's some new stuff going around. And people keep showing up. So I guess you can say that Malicant wasn't the only thing threatening this world, or the only thing that our help is needed with. We're...still kind of working out all the new details, to be honest."