The Many Deaths Of You

"I'm so excited! It's finally my turn!"

You shake your head and give Lyra a questioning look. "Your turn for what?"

"Oh. Well, usually you humans either turn up in the Everfree or Twilight's Library but now I finally get one!"

"What?"

There is a burst of light and an electrical sound, and then suddenly you are standing in front of you. That is, there are now two of you. One you is standing and the other still awkwardly in a dog pile with Lyra.

The standing you says "Hey! Now listen, me, you need to- oh. Whoops. Wrong me."

They push a bunch of buttons on a device on his wrist and disappear again.

"What?"

Then they reappear and say "Oh. By the way..."

They shove you and Lyra and disappear again. A moment later, a bass wave just barely misses the two of you.

"WHAT?"

Far off in the distance you hear a voice yell "Whoops! Sorry!"

"... what..."