Alex tried not to cringe. "I guess it would be best to remember that I could have woke up in worse places, isn't it?"

Casually, Alex tilted her head close to Jack's shoulder, keeping her eyes on his wristband. Hesitantly, she reached out and ran her hand over the wrist strap gently.

"So, with this, you can go home whenever you want to?" she asked. "That must be nice, to be able to just go back and forth between worlds. Then you never really have to make a choice between them, do you?"