"He has some weird sense for it and it legitimately is like some weird twisting and the lumen has some heckload of dimensions for you to prod it in which all feel like they do different things. Like, how the hell does a dimension feel like it increases redness, I have no idea."

"Oh, well, I think this is the kind of thing that would require better expertise than we can provide."

Itaruko shrugs. "It still seems weird that this is magic."

Martin also shrugs. "It's not a normal sense for me."

Itaruko takes this moment to yawn and stretch a bit.

Still in just his underwear.

Oh, narration, Thor could never forget that Itaruko is still just in his underwear.

"Since we don't have obvious to progress on the lumen front, do you guys want to do anything else?"

"Well, after all this hard work we could relax and have some fun."

"Hm. Anything in mind?"

Thor shrugs. "I have some ideas. There is a wide range of things guys can do in rented bedroom."

"Subtle." Felix mutters.

Itaruko smirks. "I get the feeling he wasn't going for subtle."

"I am working through a cultural barrier here and I got the impression my alt didn't get lucky so whatever approach he tried it didn't work."

"I don't think he actually tried all that hard and at that point I had just found out about the weird interdimensional bar." Pause. "Plus he didn't bring me to a room first."

Martin rolls his eyes.

"Well, now that we got that we already went through the step of acquiring a bedroom?"

"It's a step in the right direction."

"I think I'm gonna go read at the bar," says Martin. "Maybe see if I can get lumen to work."

"Oh? Is there a guide?"

"Should we follow, Martin?" Felix asks.

"If you want?" he shrugs. "I'm honestly just going to be reading."

"Not as such," comments Itaruko, in response to Thor. Then, to Martin and co, "See you guys later."

"We're going."

And Thor sits on the couch. "So?"

"So," says Itaruko. "I'm not sure if you've noticed, but I'm kinda foreign." He points out the hair.