the time ticks by

"Maea the Disappeared?!" they asked, hearing a familiar name. It was quite the story, after all. Maea'd been a story - a rather sad one - for a long time. "She seems nice, but I haven't talked with her much. I'm glad she made it back from being disapparated. What's she like? Mama always thought she was concagious with somethin' but I never thought so 'cause no one else in the family seemed to have whatever it was when they were around ohhh it's so sad but she's not sad now right?!"