"What're we trying to figure out here -"

"Whether to expect them all to go down as easily, I guess. - I guess they won't, because now we have to do nonlethal damage."

"I don't think she would've asked it of us if she was thinking of it as a significant risk to our lives. Maybe with no magic it's as easy to deal nonlethal damage as lethal."

" - as the one who mostly murders things without magic, no?"

"They might have special weapons for it, I mean."

"Oh. I guess. 

- we should get our stories straight for the conversation about our capabilities."

"We can give them like they were for the raid out of Ipeq. I had had third level spells for a while but not fourth, Mahdi just had fourth. Can imply Plane Shift is fourth-level."

He pulls a journal out of his purse. "We had healing potions, scroll of Sending, enchanted weapons and armor but not the upgraded ones..."

And by the time they have this all straightened out it's nearly 3.

She can pick up Dennis and Faith. 

Where've our guests gotten to?

Still at the IHOP. They wandered around a couple of blocks but didn't get into any trouble. Then they spent the afternoon debating whether their universe's vampires are the same and getting their lies straight.

I see. I guess you can't drive all of us and them anywhere at once. You could drive them to somewhere near the school while we pick up Dennis's books, I guess?

I was thinking you could hang out with them while you do the scry and I can get everyone else in the meantime. Since it might be...private.

Oh, right, I forgot about that. Sure. I guess if it'll take an hour that's plenty of time to pick stuff up from Dennis's house.

Yeah. Do you want them to do the scry at yours? So if it's - good to see - your sister could?

- oh, yeah. I guess that'd be good for her. They'll be terribly concerned about our family structure but I guess that's fine.

Sucks to be them. 

And he picks the strangers up from the IHOP to drive them to Karen's house. "How was your day?"

"Uneventful. This translation spell isn't very long-lasting and we can't do it repeatedly, for how long this afternoon will we be discussing things?"

"Dunno. Ideally most of the evening but we can compress it if we need to. How long do you have?"

"Just over an hour, but it's just me, and then we can do a different spell that has to be cast on both parties but achieves the same result."

"Okay. I'll try to get everyone in one place after the scry so you can meet them all at once and get your primer on Earth."

"Is that the plane? The planet? The country?"

"The planet. Do you have planets?"

"Yes, though I haven't been to any of the other ones personally."

"Huh, have some people?"