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Well... I'm sure you'll learn of it eventually, same as I did, because it's not like it's something Arthur tried to keep much of a secret...

[Another glance back towards the ballroom.]

Seems like his mother sent Arthur up to the North to kill him, and that's... when Oz took him in. Don't know how things were like down here, but a few years ago some Central folk came up to see if he would return.

[He remembers them staying in the village for a few nights, at least.]

Had awful blizzards after that. Thought the village was gonna get completely covered and we'd lose all our homes.