"Well, people on this world don't function by schedules," he says. "It's more of a matter of when they want to, when they don't want to. There's no difference between the twin suns and the days are only about five hours long. The only difference in time is the planetary shift to winter. Which is, as I said, when things go a bit wonky about here. But we should be at least four, maybe five days away from winter, so we're good."

He hops after her, stuffing his hands back into his pocket. "People on other worlds that think in ways far beyond what you know. It's brilliant, isn't it?"