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Wash is once again by the fireplace with his copy of Jurassic Park. He's curled the cover back on itself in a way that makes his book-loving mun wince, the better to try and hide the title; no use in scaring Dr. Malcolm if they happen to cross paths again.

The streak of paint from last night is still on his forehead, though it's quite smudged and much fainter. You'd think technology from five hundred years in the future would be better at getting that stuff off.

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Rapidly adds up words on her fingers and nods. "Yeah, eleven."

Iris nods hesitantly. "Well, I haven't been here long but I've noticed that timelines get very screwed up here."

Wash snorts. "Don't need to tell me that. I'm not even going to get into the part where I was here for five days and, when I finally got back home, found out that I'd been gone for less than an hour. It's enough to make you lose all faith in the basic laws of the 'verse."

Iris wrinkles her nose. "Ugh. So what is this place? The Anti-Narnia?"

Eyebrows go up. "If I knew what Narnia was, I could tell you."

"Hoo. How to explain Narnia..."

This is very much like trying to explain Leprachauns to Anthy. Iris needs to be more careful about her cultural points of reference.

"It's a magic land that you can access in many different ways. Some children visit it through a wardrobe. And when they return home, they find that only a few seconds have passed.

More complicated than that but...it's a very good series of books. Slightly religious overtones but it's harmless."

"Huh." Wash's brow furrows. "I dunno, sounds a lot like this place to me. Really kind of disturbingly like this place, actually...."

He glances around the bar, almost as if expecting a big sign to pop up that says 'WELCOME TO ~~MILLIWAYS~~ NARNIA!'

Well, if a talking lion shows up, we're all doomed, Iris thinks but there may in fact be a talking lion and she doesn't want to confuse Wash so she doesn't say that.

"Hm. Thinking about the later volumes in that series, you might have a point."

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