"It has a lake and a forest and a mountain in the distance. The lake's a bit cold, but otherwise good for swimming."
"Why not? They're certainly striking through the window and I assume if it was a functional vacuum it would slurp up the lake, so it would just be a view."
"Okay, true, but the mental image you initially generated was one where you might go over the edge by accident."
"If you go far enough you just sort of loop back around and end up in the general area again."
Bella comes back. "My sense of place is very confused by the edges of that landscape."
"Huh. Well, as long as it works. Of course, Milliways does go out of its way to be habitable and such."
Flicker and Verge stick around for a while longer, the former talking mostly to Bar and the latter playing cards with herself. Flicker collects a few more souvenirs to bring home, and eventually gemini, ashbot, and shopping bag all go home.
"Oh, hello. Your alt and her twin left, but it hasn't been long enough for my sister or I to have slept."
"I don't think the time-bendery is reliable enough for it to do that, aside from time not passing in your universe if the door's closed."
The door doesn't go.
"I guess we've got a wait. I will try to use it to be less taxing on finances. Bar, can I have a nice cheerful sign that says, 'Custom Robots and Devices While You Wait' and in smaller print Materials $1,000-$35,000+ plus $1,250/hr labor or equivalent in portable magic, cannot be maintained by nonspecialists, some design restrictions apply?" Bar makes her a sign. "Thanks. Let's see who bites."
"I imagine you're a bit out of most peoples' price range there. But I'm not going to say you're overselling yourself, to be sure."
"This is actually a fraction of the market rate for my labor and I'm only undercharging because I don't know how many deep pockets go through here and value keeping busy, and also things I can make in a few hours do include, did you hear, objects to make diamonds out of dust and then facet them for you. I'm an investment."