“That we do! They’ve done quite nice work, for individuals and for events. The apprentice is usually pleased to take on new projects if you bring an idea or request to him.” Alright, so talking up his husband was exactly what he was doing. There was no harm in it, if he did so discretely. He was proud of Rhy and his abilities, that was all.

Besides, Betsy would absolutely need some more clothes if she was going to be here for a while, like the rest of them. “It’s in the market, not too hard to find.” He added when she said she’d have a look for it. Though he shrugged, why would her clothing bother him? It was a point of interest, yes, because it was very different… A bit awkward given he was prone to directing attention to things and people mistaking him for being rude… But it wasn’t like he was concerned with looking at her. “I think the greater concern would be what the locals might think. People are funny like that, always worried about saying what one should or should not say about a variety of things.” Although people weren’t as bad here, but he wasn’t sure how they’d take her fashion.

Llewellyn grinned a little, “I suppose it would, but it’s not so bad.” He rubbed the back of his neck lightly. “There are some more modern things in the apartments they assign to new arrivals. Small kitchen appliances, and the like. Not sure how they work, most of us figure it’s magic.” So she wouldn’t be without some comforts, and he was of the mind that the easy-to-use kitchen gadgets of the future were an excellent thing to have.

“Considering how uh- powerful the thing in the last world seemed, I suppose that’s not impossible.” Damn hard to figure out what any of that was, and that they had their memories while she didn’t? It was confusing, to say the least. “Connections between this world and the last are… difficult to think of. They’re very different places. Though, I suppose the fact that people were brought to it and this world for the purpose of helping to achieve a goal. Different goals, but goals nonetheless.”

“Indeed! Most of what I have was made by them?” Of course, aside from what he arrived in this world with. “And they’re excellent at smaller details.” He added, tugging out a handkerchief with a rather complicated looking floral pattern sewn into it. Something Rhy had made with him in mind, given Llewellyn needed things to fuss with and hold his attention while he tried to work on a problem. “This is an, uh- example of his embroidery as well.”

Llewellyn was about to ask how she wouldn’t attract attention from locals, given that seemed… a bit difficult? Until she continued a moment later, mentioning she was a mutant. There were some perks to having been around two of these worlds now. He knew the term and had a better idea of the kind of world she was from, thanks to that. “A mutant? Ah, I see, I’ve met one or two since I left my world… They seem to have rather varied abilities.” And so, he supposed she must have something that would help her blend.

Llewellyn was quite fond of the modern comforts himself, especially things like toasters and coffee makers… And microwaves that were not as large as a closet. Far less dangerous, those.

“The goals?” He rubbed the side of his face, while the other tucked his handkerchief away… Though his hand remained in his pocket as he fussed with it a bit, fingers running over stitches while he pulled what he knew of both worlds together in his mind. “Well, in this world I’m sure you’ve uh- already gotten the speech about the ruin that came to this place and that they want us to assist in rebuilding- which mostly just seems to be populating it and living our lives.” Simple enough in theory, though he had a feeling they’d find something more complicated to it than that before long.

“And in the last? Well… I had a conversation with the entity in charge, and it was the last of its kind… It wanted to study us as an experiment to bring back its kind. If I’m being honest, I still fail to see how we could have really given it answers. We were all very different from it… And the stages of the experiment I was there for didn’t really make much sense for that goal.”