Rowan and trees with great fronds instead of branches; great spotted cats and badgers; those who call themselves "trolls" and "witches" and those who are simply what they appear to be.

[Gently.] I don't make them live so. They have been brought here, like you and I, by the island people for an unknown purpose. We cannot get out. So we remain and do our best to discover how we may return home.