Once he had recovered from his surprise, Vincent said: "Evidently all that
the tests are showing is that Pronklezilch is an even better mage than I
had thought. He has somehow managed to bury Fred's and Astra's true
magical fingerprints so deeply that the standard magical tests show only
their fake identities. I wonder how Norla was able seemingly to see
through his spell, though? She must know some technique which we do not.
Anyway, I know for a fact that these two must be the real Fred and Astra,
since they recognised me and could remember their visit to my tower. Also
my location spell was able to find them, not just when they were at
Norla's but also here. It could only do that if they are who they say they
are. Furthermore their arrival here coincided with my teleport spell going
wrong. Their collars prove that these are the same two people as those
whom I teleported. So the evidence is conclusive." [48194]
"Even if I accepted your argument," Helia said, "how do you account for the tests showing that my daughter really is my daughter? There cannot be two instances of one person." "The only explanation that makes sense is that the first time that Fred and Astra were teleported, from the Southern Caves and into the desert where I have my home, they were somehow sent not only across that distance but between realities as well. Maybe that is why we cannot detect their true identities with our tests. Since they came from a different reality, their true identities might differ in some respect from all those in this reality, such that they do not show up in our tests."
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