"Thaaat sounds like it must suck. Can you bring objects into the spirit world, maybe you could have a spirit-world-going-into place with a wheelchair or something."

"The spirit world is not wheelchair accessible. And the extent to which one can bring objects is - ambiguous. When I go, I perceive myself to be wearing clothes, but I also perceive myself to be breathing the air that there isn't unless I pay close attention. Anything more complicated than a wheelchair has a decent chance of just not functioning in spirit form. So I bring someone along and they help me, but I don't have to go very often."

"That works too. Who is it, or is it not usually the same person?"

"I brought my boyfriend by accident the first time; he was around to watch my body while my spirit went gallivanting off and I mistakenly pulled him in. I went on a sort of educational trip and brought a nun last year. Who I'd bring on a future visit would depend on what I was doing."

"Accidentally pulled him in? He turned out alright, I hope."

"Oh, yes, he was fine, he carried me around and then he realigned with his body and we were out. It was sort of nerve-wracking at the time but turned out all right."

"I'm glad."

"Me too. I'm not sure what would have happened if it had turned out he was stuck there."

"Legal awkwardness and a shift in focus of Avatar-related effort to getting him unstuck, would be my best guess."

"I mean, I guess I would have had to learn to make a portal or something. Those are a thing."

shrug. "I wouldn't know." Nom nom last bites of pretzel.

"What is that thing you've been eating? Is it just weirdly shaped bread?"

"Weirdly shaped and cooked differently. It's called a pretzel."

"Huh. Otherworldly food."

"Apparently. Why, what kinds of food does your world have?"

"I mean, we have bread, just not shaped like that. Apples? Sea prunes? Bean curd? Noodles? I'm a vegetarian most of the time, um - chickenlizard?"

"We have apples and noodles and chicken. I've never heard of sea prunes, and we usually don't eat lizard at all, let alone in combination with chicken."

"...What, you only eat the parts with feathers...? You only like possumchicken?..."

"...Possumchicken?"

"Arctic hen? Pig chicken?"

"We have chickens and lizards and pigs and possums but I've never heard of them being combined..."

"I'm not familiar with the phrase but from context I'm guessing yes."

"Weird."

"Weirdness is subjective! I think it's weird that you have something that's a cross between a chicken and a pig."