"Oh, yeah, Kiri'll put you in a guest room. We're in the big estate now, lots of room. How do you feel about letting her mind-read you?"

"My thoughts might be a bit cloudy on account of shadowbrain, and, uh, they might be more unpleasant than she's used to because of apocalyptic hellworld, but she's welcome to go for it, I may have mentioned that I'm not one of those 'unimpeachable sanctity of the mind' types."

"Cool, that will make her more inclined to be okay with you bringing in otherworldly magic."

"This is going to be less 'what is this man capable of' and more 'what is this man planning to do in my nice shiny kingdom', right? Because it's not exactly unheard of for me to do unpleasant things with my alien magic, but I'm willing to play nice in your sister's shiny kingdom because I suspect she could turn me into a greasy stain on the floor."

"I think I've mentioned Kiri doesn't approve of murder? She isn't going to, like, squish you in revenge for whatever unpleasantness. If you behave while you're visiting."

"I wasn't saying revenge, It's about- her being okay with me. Her squishing me is just a background possibility."

"...I can't promise she'll like you on, like, a personal level."

"What? No, I just didn't want to get you in any shit. I guarantee your sister will not like me, and I can't promise I won't be kind of delighted by it. She kind of reminds me of Zanna, it'd be funny."

"She will definitely not like reminding you of your murder friend. But no, I'll be fine, me and Kiri are good, she'd be way more upset if I didn't try to bring her any magic."

"In that case... want to go home? Or would you rather wait for the gay to wear off, or something, that sounds potentially awkward."

"I don't mind encountering Kiri while still gay," says Aleko. He reaches for his clothes and starts putting them on.

Leo does the same, after inducing his surroundings to stop containing sticky and licorice-scented substances.

"Yep! You'll have to hold it, but I can come through. You could do the same for a jaunt into Apocalyptic Hellworld if you liked, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say you don't."

Aleko re-opens and holds the door.

Leo trundles his shopping through the door.

"Nice place," he notes.

"Yep. Sooo - if I just close the door and then open it again, library?"

"Yep!"

Leo follows at a more sedate pace, bringing along his shopping and wiping away occasional further trickles of unpleasant magic-related fluids.