The tiny cell phone disappears. The fairy is startled by it, but she carries on with the conversation.

"We could try sending you back to your Earth, but that might be harder than finding the thread that connected you to Milliways. I don't think you would like to be sent to the wrong Earth." The wrong Earth. It sounds … wrong. "Or… we could keep an eye on Milliways, but, well, that requires some scary... well, we would be looking way into the future and not a very pleasant future at that. Just that little glimpse we took to find out what is going on is going to cost us..." slight grimace, "I don't know how much."

"In the mean time, we can let you stay here. I just hope we don't get more refugees. We are a bit short on houses your size."