He smiled. Avoiding assumptions was always a good move. However, once the impossible had been ruled out then whatever remained, no matter how improbable, had to be true. Although they were from very different realities, from what he could tell, they had enough of a shared culture to infer that their worlds had at least been cut from the same bolt of cloth.

It was nice, being able to interact with a peer with the same ease that he had around his students.

"Sometimes stories are all that the world will ever have of people... and, sometimes, those stories can be enough. In the meanwhile, I am starting to feel like I'm getting my 'sea legs' back. Even if I'm behind... at least I should be able to run faster than an average person right now."

Horse joke. Get it?

"I would love to hear those stories, Anna. I won't even ask you to cook when you come-- we can just get takeout that day and chat. Maybe even do some PvP later, if you wanna see my set up."