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After seeing Yllana go back home, grandpa adjusted the portal, and then placed the invitations on the portal. They disappeared.
"We have to wait for them to open the portal," grandpa said. "Security is very tight there. Only those invited can come."
We stood there, waiting, for what seemed like an eternity.
Finally, it seemed like something changed with the portal, because grandpa declared it was open and stepped on it (I didn't see anything, but whatever). I then followed him, experiencing the unpleasant sensation of the world disappearing and a new one reappearing in front of me. It was always so disorienting.
As I stepped down from the portal, I saw Martinus, who was looking rather dashing. He was using a long frock coat, with a black bowtie on his neck.
He was staring at me, w
