No, he wasn't going to get used to that magic doing thing anytime soon. Ned blinked his surprise, but he was pleased. It didn't seem dark or annoying or child abandoning when she did it. Just seemed kind of convenient, actually.
Life would be just fine without him with him gone. Well, Emerson would have to solve his cases on his own, and Olive would probably wind up with a new job once it was discovered he was missing. But Chuck would get that independence she'd been wanting and no one would die. Just the opposite, really, less people would probably die with him gone. "Why?" he asked, curiously, even if it probably was none of his business. "I mean, if I can ask. What's going on where you're from?"