Betwixt

#fiction &#xA; "Why, hello again!" said a voice unknown but familiar. &#xA; They opened their eyes. A woman they'd never seen before was smiling down at them. She looked young but had laugh lines around her eyes. &#xA; "Who are you? Where am I?" they asked, confused, but not alarmed. They were sitting in a plush armchair. On their left was a placid black expanse of water; on their right, a sheer…