Yuri coughed and spluttered. He felt silt under his hands. He made a fist pulling several tufts of grass. From the looks of things he was in some kind of pond. He pulled himself into a sitting position. His first coherent thought struck him with horror. Wolfram! Oh no, Wolfram. Of all the times Yuri could have gotten dragged away this was probably one of the worst. What was that hotheaded blonde doing right now? What was he thinking? Yuri didn't know if he would even still be in the kingdom when he got back. Why does the Great One seem so bent on torturing me sometimes? He rapidly decided that sitting here pitying himself would do no good. He needed to get out of these wet clothes and come up with a plan. He started to do just that when he heard someone else breathing heavily beside him.
"Just look what you've done now."
"Wolfram?!"
Wolfram clutched his abdomen. He was haggard and disheveled. He appeared to be suffering from some variation of motion sickness. More importantly, how was he here? How was this possible?
"Yuri, where are we? I am sure you caused this somehow. I don't recognize this place."
"Wolfram. I'm going to tell you. You have to promise you won't panic."
"Honestly, Yuri. I have never panicked before in my life and I don't intend to start now."
"Ok, ok. I don't know how but you're in the human world."
Günter Von Christ paced anxiously earning himself a scowl from Gwendal.
"Do you mind?"
"Yes! I very much do mind. You do not seem to grasp the severity of our current predicament."
Conrart spoke up for the first time.
"Günter, you're overreacting. I don't believe Wolfram is in any danger. I say this having been to the human world myself. Besides, he has Yuri with him. He's resided there for most of his life. I am certain they are both perfectly fine."
"You don't understand. I respect the sacredness of their relationship. I would also never have the arrogance nor ambition to imagine such a drastic inflation in status but…but is the idea of marrying me truly that dreadful?" Günter fell to his knees. "He fled as though I were some kind of-some kind of beast!"
"I'm relatively certain that you're misinterpreting the situation."
"How can you say such a thing? You were not even there."
Gwendal cast a sidelong glance.
"I just know."