"Reasonably well, I've travelled a lot so I'm used to sleeping in unfamiliar places. I had to meditate a bit to clear my thoughts first."

"Good to hear," Joss says, sliding off the counter and stretching. "Tam and Rex are still conked out asleep. Or at least Tam is. She was using Rex as a pillow last I saw so it might be some time before he's willing to move."

"That's cute." Alice starts looking through the cabinets and finds a box of cereal. "Are you doing alright?"

"Better this morning. Sleep does occasionally feel like a miracle cure." She bends over to touch her toes. "If we can't find a way home in the next couple of hours I was thinking of grabbing one of the bikes and checking out the outside."

"That sounds like it could be nice. I don't really like to be cooped up."

"Yeah, me neither... or Rex for that matter. Rex will probably not want to wait on that count. We'll see though." She taps her fingers against her thigh, clicks her tongue. "I suppose we'll be spending at least part of this morning in the library then. And probably need to find some sports kit if we end up going for a cycle..."

"I'm sure we can find something in the mall." Alice pauses for a moment gazing out the window. The clouds have cleared and the sky outside is tinged green. "The sky is the wrong color."

Joss swears, inventively, and in three languages. (One of which does not sound precisely human.) "So. Either this is some really messed up hallucination or we are a very long way from home."

"That's about the shape of things. It could also be a complex illusion but that doesn't make much difference."

"It doesn't...feel like an illusion? I don't think? I like to think I'd be able to tell if it was an illusion..."

"You'd know more than me, I didn't know magic was real until you and your friends told me."

"S'kinda weird for me to think about people not knowing, even though I know they don't. I've known as long as I can remember."

She sighs. "For all I know, this is a hella complex illusion that manages to fool me. But- It still wouldn't explain a green sky. That's kinda a dead giveaway that something is up."

"Yeah. I expect we'll find some answers today, though I don't think we'll find all of them anytime soon."

"Yeah-"

"I'm trying to decide whether we should prioritize exploring outside or down in the mall. Any thoughts?"

"Jossjossjoss," Rex skids into the kitchen, nearly runs into Alice but manages to evade her skillfully and bounds over to Joss. "The sky is green." He sounds far more excited than worried.

Joss reaches over to scritch the back of Rex's neck. "I think that's a vote for outside," she comments amused.

Alice smiles at Rex's open enthusiasm. "Works for me. Do you want some breakfast Rex?"

"Food?" Rex turns to Alice, still very human ears literally perking up. "Food!"

"This one ain't going to turn down food," Joss says with a grin.

Rex shrugs. "Please?" he adds.

"There's cereal, milk and eggs. If you want anything fancier I think we're going to need to get ingredients from the mall. There's also leftovers from last night."

"Leftovers will do!" Rex declares happily. "...Did someone move them to the fridge?"

Joss smiles. At least one of them is still enthusiastic.

Alice smiles too. "I put them away before going to bed last night."