[It takes Quentin a couple of long minutes to understand why he's on a log in the middle of the ocean. And when his brain catches up to the memories from this world, he almost wishes he hadn't woken up. He's been gone from this place no more than an hour or two, but for him it's been months.
He tries to use magic to go back but soon the Usyagi come to tell him there's no use in trying: he has to wait for someone to pick him up.]