okay last inkheart post for today but finding out (in original unwritten canon) the reason dustfinger was gone all the time was supposed to be bc he was accidentally and unknowingly going to the mirrorworld is so fucking funny. imagine thinking you're going on a two-day trip and coming back and everyone's pissed at you because it's apparently been a month since you left. he's spent so much of his life being gaslit by the universe that he just thinks something is wrong with him. peak humor.