"Huh. Would you be interested in a television appearance?"

"Explain to me what that is?"

"It's a moving picture, with sound - millions of people would be able to watch you answer questions and demonstrate magic. I can show you an example." He pulls up a segment where someone's talking to a musician about the concept of her new album.

He watches with clear interest. "Certainly. How long will that take to set up?"

"I can get you set up with somebody who does that right after lunch, if you like!"

"Sounds good. I'll want a couple hours to myself afterward, I think, I'd like to take some notes about all the new things I've seen in the last few days."

"Totally reasonable. Do you have any unusual accomodations preferences if I get you a place to stay?"

"Not especially. Maybe make sure I won't disturb anyone if I'm up early, but that's not usually much of a problem."

"All right. I can do a hotel or a rental house, but either fits that bill."

"I'd assume the hotel is the more common option? That'll be fine."

"Uh, hotels are typical for business travelers and houses for recreational travel."

"I'm sure I'll end up trying both eventually, then. Whichever is convenient for you, or the house if it's all the same."

"All right, hotel it is. Saves picking out a specific house. I'll get you that interview and start writing up my article. Can I get you anything besides lunch in the interim?"

"Something to read? If you have a traveler's advice book that'd be ideal but I'll take something about summoning if that's easier."

"Little short on physical books. Might have an old Latte I could wipe and reload for you." He rummages in his desk.

"I can find something to occupy myself with if it's any trouble."

"Found it - it's no big deal." He pokes the rectangle he has found and after a moment hands it over. "You tap the button there in the lower right to turn the page, the one on the left to go back. It's aimed at people from other planets, not other universes, but maybe it'll help."

The title page says A First-Timer's Guide to Earth.

"Oh, excellent, thank you." That's him sorted for the next while, then; what's the book say?

The Earth has native life and oceans and weather! Here are some places you can go look at those things. Here's how and when to see eclipses! Here are things to do in the sea like scuba diving and whale watching. Here are places to see the nature. These are places with nice weather; these are places with interestingly extreme weather. Here is a whole chapter about getting used to the gravity. Here are historical sites you might want to see! The Earthly fairy shuttle system works like so.

He has a notebook out almost immediately, filling it with reminders of things to look into and little sketched copies of pictures of interesting places.

Lunch arrives and is fish sandwiches with fried potatoes.

He puts the notebook away and sets the tablet aside before eating, and waits to see how George handles the sandwich before taking a bite of his own. "Tasty," he concludes quickly.

"Glad you like it!"

"Is there anything else I should know about the television appearance?"

"It can be edited after the fact," George says. "So don't worry about it if you flub an answer and want to start over. They'll want to put some makeup on you because they use very bright lights that would make you look washed out. If you do a magic demo you'll need to have a care for the area the camera can cover."