"What happened?" is exactly what I've been wondering. You've illustrated his confusion perfectly.
Thanks! While I don't think of Ethan as 'the' POV character, in this particular chapter, his reactions probably mirror the readers'...
Huh, I was confused out of my mind at the previous page, but now it makes sense to me, including the "dad" part. Really, now I have a good imagination about what happened. Except that I'm not sure whether the portal was this woman's doing or Ethan's magic going rampant, well most likely hers.
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