"Work doesn't give you funny stories? I don't know if I could do a job that boring." Says the person whose job, officially and against her will, involved walking half a step behind someone else. For all they practiced it (and Gideon failed), they didn't keep it up that much at Canaan House. Too often, they went their own ways, and Gideon's sure she still doesn't have the cavalier walk thing down. So maybe being bad at that job made it more interesting. At least, the dumb parts of the job.

She nods and accepts the lesson about feathers. Because you know who didn't know? This lady.

"It may be hard to believe, but you aren't missing any important meetings. You can think of it one of two ways. One, the whole world, your whole life over there, is on pause while you're here. You leave, and you slip right back where you were. No harm no foul. Two, you never left. There's a you going to every meeting there, doing your whole life's song and dance. I know, it might be cooler if you could update yourself across universes, but it's not how that works. Generally.

"You can always ask Thirteen to go back, but you may not get to forth."