"I've thought I was reading in a dream before, words didn't actually make look like words but I didn't realize that until after, still got the meaning out of it like I was reading. Honestly, this definitely could all be a dream, I don't currently have anything that's making me think that's totally unlikely, but I'm gonna act mostly like it's real because I also don't have too strong evidence against that and I'd probably act mostly this way in a dream anyway."

"Oh, okay. That is probably the only thing preventing Trevor from flirting with you, so it might be for the best."

He shrugs. "I've done stuff in my dreams before, but yeah."

"I mean it would make the consent dubious if it went anywhere."

"… I mean, sort of, yes, but if I were going to consent to 'going anywhere', I'd do it with the consent of 'yes I'm consenting in the case that this is real and also in the case that this is a dream', but I get why you'd be wary." He shrugs again. "It's not like I'd force him to accept my consent or anything."

"I think forcing him to that might even alert security, not that you would be able to do much forcing with him being super-strong and all."

"Security?"

"Yeah, in case some starts a fight or tries to something that bothers the other patrons, they have someone on duty, and apparently it is inevitably someone that can keep the peace. Not sure if it is the same guy now, but before it was some sort of not-exactly-a-god called Dream of the endless."

"I bet that explanation didn't help making you believe this is real, right?"

"I mean, it didn't help but it also didn't make it worse, especially since I don't think I would name a god 'Dream of the Endless', but yeah."

"Anyway, how'd you guys get drinks? I don't see a bartender."

The Bar is sentient, female and also can materialize drinks, the first one is free.

He accepts a drink, in that case!

It's blue. Bright blue, though, instead of the dark blue that his hair is, and he seems to like it.

"Heh, how would you name a god?"

"So, what kind of things do people do to get to know each other in your world?"

"I'm not sure! Probably something neat-sounding, like Kalira or something."

"Uh, mainly talk to each other, sometimes over drinks or ice cream or something?"

"That does sound neat. Kalira, Goddess of the Light! I could see some adventure-based game with her or something."

"Well..." Trevor smiles, "would you mind if I paid for your next drink then?"

Fenris meanwhile is still trying to figure out the evolutionary origins of lumen.

Itaruko smiles. "Sure, in a bit?" He indicates his current drink, which is not yet finished.

There is in fact not much information on the origins of lumen. If he looks in some other books, or asks Itaruko to fetch some, overall there have been some recent studies into it that haven't found anything major and prior to that… not much research into it at all.

Wait, people are not actually curious?

"Sure, that is what I meant."

Apparently people are not that curious! Or perhaps it just hasn't occurred to them to look into it. Or perhaps there's some ominous effect in the world that makes people very uncurious about such things.

Weird.

"So, tell me more about yourself?" Trevor inquires.

Anti-curiosity effect isn't the first thing in Fenris' mind. He reads some more, especially on how you go about using lumen.