... Well. It might be different other places, but... wishes just give you the means to an end.

[ It's in a book somewhere, written in a language (only you can understand), beyond when Siffrin's from--

but it was something they heard once, long ago. A memory that struggles to the surface. Like the rituals that go with it. ]

So they work. Just not the way someone might think.

[ (...

You think this carnival is very hard to watch. For a variety of reasons.) ]

I'm, um. Gonna go lay down. I don't... really like seeing my roommates being accused, when...

[ ...

They're just gonna go. ]