I love the idea of a mad scientist introducing themselves and then saying, emphasis on the scientist. Soit's hinted a couple of times throughout the book that the reason, there's something about e the kids that get them drawn to these worlds. And so jill is trying to piece together the perfect person, just taking the best bits of hollo pepe ros, and is going to use that as like a skeleton key back open the locked door to her world. I could have used a little more establishment of,. like the clicks and and antagonists, and getting, getting a bigger roster of characters who then could be used, you know, as launching pads for subsequent books. For as