Hugging her back, he replied, "I'm glad to see you, too, although I'm sorry it means you have been brought here, as well."
At her question, he frowned. "No idea. All I know is one minute, I'm watching that jester produce a butterfly from behind Lady Vivian's ear, and the next minute, a strange little orange fellow is shoving nonsensical things at me and singing about my doom. Seems like that's how everyone arrives, more or less."