[quote=@Multifarious]
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Nope. Believe me, I'd be the first to fly in there and take out the problem at its source if I could. But, well, anything that crosses a certain point in the air will suddenly find themselves on the other side of the planet, equidistant to the Stretch.
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Why doesn't that apply on the ground?