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Adam listened to the inevitable interrogation with a gradual underlying sense of dread. This girl was a princess, Adam was in her room, he was not supposed to be in her room, and if he didn't think of something quickly then he just might be hauled off to his (most likely very painful) death. Well, there wasn't a better way to start other than answering the princess' questions. Hopefully that'd buy him some time.

"Why am I...? Look, it's all a big, complicated story, okay?" Adam sighed as he climbed out of the wardrobe and leaned against the wall. "One moment, I was just sitting around, reading a book. Nothing special. Then out of nowhere I'm suddenly in this weird room with some guys wanting to test out some science project of theirs, and then... then... I woke up here. In another place, in another time. Maybe even another universe too." As the shock of the spatial and temporal displacement finally settled in, Adam's back slid down the wall until he was sitting on the floor, staring blankly ahead.

"I dunno what else to tell you, okay?" he muttered, half to himself. "That's all I know."

Several minutes later, he was aware that the princess had also asked for his name. "Name's Adam, by the way. Adam Kingston," he said out of the blue.