"Thanks, we really appreciate it."

"You're welcome," says Brian. "Do you need us to detour?"

"I assume you don't want to drive us all the way to New York. I think Billings still works fine - a couple days there, it looks like, if nothing else comes up - is there anyone in the area you know, other me? I really don't want to make them stay with us until you can fly over here."

"There's a couple people that're at least closer than the east coast. I'll ask Daria, her friends tend to be the kind of people that'd kill to meet visitors from another dimension."

"We weren't gonna stay in Billings," says Jackson.

"Oh, sorry, misunderstood you earlier. Then we'd appreciate if you could check us into a hotel room."

"Yeah, sure," says Brian.

"Daria says she's asking around, she can't precog it right now, she was working all day and forgot to eat, but she should know in half an hour or so. When will you get to Billings?"

"In like two hours," says Brian.

"All right. Daria should have an answer by then, is it okay if I give them this number if we find anyone? Worst case scenario I figure out how to get you a hotel remotely or hire someone or something, it shouldn't be too hard."

"Yeah, it's all right," says Brian, "just don't give it to anybody who robocalls."

"As far I know, none of her friends are robots."

"Cool."

"Can the - the you people - can they pay back the hotel?" Jackson wonders.

"The her people will pay back the hotel," says Mariam, laughing.

"They can send a check," says Jackson, and he gives Brian's address and full name.

She repeats it back to confirm she has it right.

"I think that's - it, really - god this weird."

"You could ask 'em what their roles are," suggests Jackson.

"I'm a dom, Daria's a sub."

"Seriously?"

"Is that not what you would've guessed?" wonders Jackson.

"I'm not exactly a submissive person or - obedient or compliant or whatever."

"My Daria isn't exactly obedient or compliant either," she says fondly. "Dom told her to get him some water at a meeting a couple weeks ago and she nearly punched him."

Jackson gasps softly.

"She didn't actually, relax. She was there in a professional capacity, he shouldn't have tried to order her around."