Thankfully, Spike has no such reservations about letting people know he came through the rift. "Yeah, no kidding. London, originally. Not the London in...whatever this dimension is, though. Was in L.A. before the rift grabbed me and dumped me in the middle of traffic."

Spike scoots his chair over in a few short, noisy bursts to join Sam at his table. "Just how new? You fresh off the interdimensional portal?"