[ She frowns right alongside the face that's been drawn on the ground. In part to mirror it, but in part at the question — no offense taken, it's not exactly a touchy subject. But it's gotten her thinking.

A beat. Eventually, she shakes her head. ]

... I can't say it did. [ If 'shortly' here means moments before. The rest of her life can probably be classified as traumatic in varying degrees, but the last few weeks had been peaceful for the first time since her childhood. No threat on her world, no dragon to slay. A bright future for her country she fought to protect.

There's a small shrug of her shoulders. Almost sheepishly— ] There was a tree root in my path, and I ... tripped. Next thing I knew, I awoke here with a broken arm. [ Not exactly her finest moment, but at least the arm's healed. Anyway, all of this circles back around to the reason that she frowned. Her single theory since arriving here, please clap. ]

Perhaps we're similar to these diffusion zones. That is to say — if things arrive here with no real purpose, then we could disappear without reason as well. [ Okay, so it's probably not the most comforting theory. ]