[Dave nods quietly as he takes his time with the delicacy placed before him. Alchemized food has nothing on home-baked goods. Nothing.

Eventually he finishes his meal, absentmindedly wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.]

Yeah, that'd be a great place to start. We can put off talk about genetic surprises for another... time. [Dave pauses for a bit, but realizes that he cannot physically duplicate the custom sunglasses emoticon he'd normally use after such a "pun".]

So, first things first, since you guys seems to be all up ons the haps here... where exactly are we? I'm starting to think it's not related to Paradox Space like we know it, right?