Iman watches Callie throughout this unexpected burst of exposition, and makes a mild flapping gesture at the end of it. "Don't apologize," she says. "I want to know more about you, too."

Especially now. What the heck was all that, it sounded like a video game, but having impacts on reality? Her brow furrows and she crouches down again, back to eye level.

"Does everyone have these where you come from?" she asks curiously. "What do you mean by impact on reality?" Really, she could listen to both of them all day. Someone ought to start writing this down.