This isn't a terrible time to get mysteriously transported to a different bar than usual, now that Ramona thinks about it.

She's closed her practice for a couple of weeks for the holidays - clients tend not to want to come in, they're traveling - so it's as good a time as any for Ramona to take a break. They'll be back promptly on January second, full of dramatic tales of what went down while they were back home.

Ramona doesn't have dramatic tales of her own. Her mom died a few years ago, her dad is busy snowbirding in Arizona with his new wife, and Ramona doesn't have any siblings. She's single. It's hard to get into a relationship when everyone you meet feels more like a client than an equal. Ramona's not really into fixer-uppers.

She's a bit on edge - she doesn't know what to expect in this place - but so far it's significantly less weird than doing relationship counseling for a gender-changing wizard, an emperor, and an immortal archmage in a magical tower. This is just a bar. She knows what to do at a bar.

She orders a drink, and she makes it a double.

This isn't a terrible time to get mysteriously transported to a different bar than usual, now that Ramona thinks about it.

She's closed her practice for a couple of weeks for the holidays - clients tend not to want to come in, they're traveling - so it's as good a time as any for Ramona to take a break. They'll be back promptly on January second, full of dramatic tales of what went down while they were back home.

Ramona doesn't have dramatic tales of her own. Her mom died a few years ago, her dad is busy snowbirding in Arizona with his new wife, and Ramona doesn't have any siblings. She's single. It's hard to get into a relationship when everyone you meet feels more like a client than an equal. Ramona's not really into fixer-uppers.

She's a bit on edge - she doesn't know what to expect in this place - but so far it's significantly less weird than doing relationship counseling for a sex-changing wizard, an emperor, and an immortal archmage in a magical tower. This is just a bar. She knows what to do at a bar.

She orders a drink, and she makes it a double.

This isn't a terrible time to get mysteriously transported to a different bar than usual, now that Ramona thinks about it.

She's closed her practice for a couple of weeks for the holidays - clients tend not to want to come in, they're traveling - so it's as good a time as any for Ramona to take a break. They'll be back promptly on January second, full of dramatic tales of what went down while they were back home.

Ramona doesn't have dramatic tales of her own. Her mom died a few years ago, her dad is busy snowbirding in Arizona with his new wife, and Ramona doesn't have any siblings. She's single. It's hard to get into a relationship when everyone you meet feels more like a client than an equal. Ramona's not really into fixer-uppers.

She's a bit on edge - she doesn't know what to expect in this place - but so far it's significantly less weird than doing relationship counseling for a sex-changing wizard, an emperor, and an immortal archmage in a magical tower. This is just a bar. She knows what to do at a bar.

She orders a drink, and she makes it a double.