D&D, fairy tales, Game of Thrones... really, lots of things could have helped. And here, all he has is Verity. Poor schmuck.

She's got nothing against Marci, really, but easing her into meeting new people she has to be nice to is generally a good strategy. The jumpiness is just part of the reason.

"An art museum." She'd been preparing to talk about forever, or at least until she got him back to the Kitchen, but then he had to go and ask that didn't he? Sigh. "We're... Okay. I know this is going to sound insane. We're in a place that's in-between realities. It's called the Nexus."