[Enough time has passed that Tim isn't quite as frustrated as he'd been when he'd first arrived and gone through their little orientation program, but he's still not totally thrilled with the situation, and the little party thrown my their kidnappers hadn't entirely helped his mood.

They hadn't even had his favorite kind of pizza.

He gives the other newcomer a wry smile.]

There's magic where I come from, but it's the exception, rather than the rule, and it gives most of the rest of us a lot of headaches. I'm pretty glad that the superheroes deal with that kind of stuff so that the rest of us can get on with our lives. As for what we're supposed to do around here...

I have no idea. I'm feeling pretty useless, myself.