"Thank you for the invitation, truly," he tells her, sipping at his own cup. "I know a lot of this is a dreadful bore for you and Perry, but it's been wonderful to be someplace other than the woods and meadows around Milliways, for a while. Not that I don't love those, but they do get somewhat...small, after a while."

It's not like living in a real world. Milliways is bits and pieces of worlds, stitched together, and it's dear, but not large.

He chuckles.

"Even if I do have to schedule an appointment just to spend some time with my sister."