"If there is an international incident about an imaginary lab leak, I am not taking responsibility."

He pulls out his phone. "Going to text the head of the CDC and tell them that the lab leak is imaginary."

Jing Yi does not have the context to find casually texting the head of the CDC remarkable.

"Well, I'm officially a resident now. The government knows who I am and everything."

"We should get you new clothes so you aren't running around in robes and breaking the hearts of all the historians of fashion. --Incidentally, your video is confusing the linguists to no end."

"Oh?"

"Well, uh, we apparently reconstructed how to pronounce your native language from poetry and it is very confusing to have a fluent native speaker."

"Oh, I can see how that would trip them up." NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE FACT NO ONE SPEAKS HIS LANGUAGE. NO MATHS HERE.

Lev is going to summon another car. "It's very unfortunate that I'm the one who has to take you clothes shopping because I have... negative fashion sense. Asher would actually enjoy it."

"I think I have some fashion sense. Though it is horribly out of date."

"Eh, just grab things you like and you can start a new trend."

"I'll be the most fashion forward man in Cascadia. Completely revolutionise fashion."

"I mean, you're from the past. If you decide to tell people you're from the past you're going to become famous."

"It really isn't something that happens every day, isn't it?"

"As far as I know it's never happened before."

"Ah." ... "I get to be unique!"

"Well, I mean, it could have happened lots of times in the past, if we had records of historical time travel we'd probably think they were made up."

"It would be hard to prove, and a shorter distance in time might not be so noticeable."

"Also people just make shit up constantly."

"That too. And well-- it was good luck that I could prove I wasn't just making things up, but there's probably 10 liars for everyone one of me, at least."

"Yeah."

Cascadian stores have racks and racks of clothing which you're apparently supposed to just... buy? Without a tailor? It is also deeply unclear which clothes are supposed to be for men and which are supposed to be for women; the signs just say "dresses", "skirts", "pants", and "shirts." There are a lot of the weird blue pants, but people don't seem to dress like they're at Folsom outside of Folsom, and some clothes do come in brightly colored and sparkly.

He cannot knock the convenience of the clothes being just there.

He can known the Cascadian's collective sense of what clothes are and how much you need. You need an undershirt AND trousers AND something over the top of that. You can't just run around in just a shirt and pants. What are the Cascadians doing here.

The Oncoming Fashion Revolution says maxi dresses over trousers is going to be big this season. Also the colour blue.

...the Oncoming Fashion Revolution is fascinated by the invention of glitter, but considers it probably a touch too gaudy.

The Oncoming Fashion Revolution is very cute.

Heck yeah the Oncoming Fashion Revolution is very cute, and also the only person in Cascadia who is right about clothes, apparently. ("Are you planning to ride out across the steppes in just your trousers and never bother to wash them-- No! You need more clothes.")

Has the Oncoming Fashion Revolution heard of hoodies for his layering needs.

The Oncoming Fashion Revolution was not aware of hoodies! Five stars for the pockets and synthetic fabric, negative three stars for the general shapelessness.