"They aren't dead here," Adia points out. "It's like they've been resurrected, but in the Nexus instead of back home." And then there's also various people who are undead of some variation or other, but she decides not to mention that, not wanting to give Olivia a headache about it on her first day in the Nexus.

"I have a theory that if a portal doesn't get used, it disappears, but that's only been my experience. Maybe you can put something in front of the door, so no one else notices it?"

Adia should probably explain her intuition for which doors to try, but she'd rather not get into the whole story of her moon rune if she can help it. Better to help Olivia out and play it off as coincidence. It's what she does back home, and she'd much rather be seen as an ordinary human to someone from a mundane world.

"It can be a respite. Some people take full advantage of it, setting up a business here or a research lab. But it can be awfully scary and overwhelming at times, too. I wouldn't give up my current life for anything, as boring as it must seem to people who live here."