[GrayGriffin]

Lucky frowned thoughtfully at the mention of the "someone's Third Law." He could sort of recall Cheater having mentioned it before, but he wasn't sure about the precise name himself. "Is that the one that says something like 'sufficiently advanced technology is the same as magic'?" he asked.

"Interesting," noted Franciscus. "I'd expect these 'Mundane' worlds to be much less common, considering they wouldn't natively have any ability to connect to other worlds. Unless it's this world pulling them in?" He still wasn't sure if the portal they'd stumbled through was a Deerington or Evelon thing.

[Freezair]

"Yes! That one," Desmond said. "Or maybe it's that magic is just insufficiently researched technology."

"Connecting to other worlds is... strange," Felix admitted. "The methodology for connecting to other worlds... isn't quite magic, or technology. Certainly, it's something that can be done with either. There was one we ended up in, once--boy, that was a trip--"

"Is this the 'military guys' story?" Desmond interjected.

"They haven't heard it before!" Felix interjected. "Anyway. I was using my abilities to scout out a new world, and where do I find myself? In front of a glowing portal--NOT one I created--with a ton of military guys all pointing guns at me! Not pistols, either--assault rifles! All I did was walk in! Though eventually, this nice lady approached and we talked it out.They had a scientifically-engineered portal that somehow managed to pull us in. Apparently not the first time it had managed to snare someone from an alternate dimension. And you wanna know what?"

"Here it comes," Desmond muttered.

"She was a doctor, AND she had the same name as my dad! They're both Dr. Carters!"

"Can you believe that coincidence?" he and Desmond said at the same time.