Good. He is so sorry over the inconvenience.

The pebble is moved next to the window to facilitate getting rid of the water. The vapor billows out like a chimney and there is no loss of heat as promised.

And more people arrive! Blue and grey and a couple more green; they confer with Afen and Liset at the door and then head cautiously in to speak to Felix.

He tries to make his shirt and jacket more presentable and waits to be addressed.

"Felix Dalkaila?" one of the blues says with impeccable pronunciation. "We heard you're, ah, lost here. Would you like to come back to a hotel with us, so we can stop imposing on these lovely people?"

"Felix Dalkaila." He confirms agreeably with the translation still set to show that he is speaking English. "They have been perfect hosts," Felix adds because he really don't wanna these people get hurt because of him.

They don't seem particularly worried! They retreat to put their son to bed. "An orange neighborhood is a good place to have landed," the blue agrees. "I'm Asa Eletan. Is there anything we can get you now or have waiting when we get there?"

"I don't need anything unless you have something that could induce a short nap... This wasn't the first place I landed but the people ran away."

"Oh?"

"They're in an alley and I landed near them... I was still assuming this was my home planet and a skymage wouldn't normally cause people to just run away in panic."

"What kind of alley?"

"...I think it had a large red metal box in it? Maybe it was a dumpster."

"Ah. Did you touch anything? If you touched anything we'll set up a shower for you when we get to the hotel - that's a red alley -"

"I touched the ground? I mean, I stepped on it..."

"We can get you new shoes," she says reassuringly.

Felix just nods. He can probably just make new ones, but he is not feeling like bringing that up. "How are we going to reach the hotel?"

"Oh, they sent a car for us. The roads don't look as bad as predicted!"

"Yeah, I did that. Am I going to fit? You're shorter and I have wings... Also I have to bring this."

The floating pebble floats closer, dripping water that turns into steam.

"It would be easier if it could float along outside, but we'll manage either way."

Nod nod. "What is the plan once we ge there?"

"That's up to you! If you want to sleep - for, ah, information reasons or just because it's been an exhausting series of events - you can do that; if you have more questions we can answer them..."

"I'm not in a good headspace for questions. Maybe you could give me a list of books for me to conjure - for personal research."

"Sure! I'm not sure off the top of my head what'd be helpful, I can ask people to send me suggestions." She starts typing something. "The car's here, are you ready to head out?"

Nod. "I don't have anything besides what I am carrying with me. And the floating rock."

"How much space will the floating rock eventually take up?"

"...It gets about house-sized? But it won't take less than a day to reach that size."