Hearing those words from him was the last thing Akira had expected. Her shoulders sagged, watching as the man sank back onto the cushions of her couch. Well, if he was faking, he was an excellent actor. Even if he was, she didn't think that hitting your head on purpose on a hard surface was a wise course of action, which made him a lousy assassin. Akira groaned, covering her face with her hands again, knowing that she was mostly decided on giving this nutjob the benefit of the doubt. It. Sucked.<br/><br/>"Ugh. Fine, fine, alright, for the meantime, I believe you," she said, getting up. She walked into the kitchen again, rummaging through her drawers until she found some Advil capsules. Next, she filled a glass with cold water, then put some ice cubes in a ziplock bag. "Here," she said, handing him the bag, "you hit your head pretty hard there. Actually, you pretty much did nothing but fall the entire day, but that might help." She avoided his gaze, quickly returning to the cupboard to look for something light he could eat before drinking the drugs. "All I have that doesn't need cooking are these kale chips. They're not as gross as they look, plus you need to eat something before I give you these," she said, tossing him the bag of chips, then pointing to the glass of water and capsules on the counter.<br/><br/>Still unwilling to turn her back to him, she pulled up a chair and sat opposite him. "Bad news: there's not much we can do for today, since the storm's not over. We'll have to wait for a break in the bad weather before I try anything," she said after an uncomfortable silence. "But, okay, here are your options: wait for the anomaly to pass, and I'll get us both into Amria--it's, uh, it's this other world I've been to. There are people I know there who might be able to figure out where you're from. Or, we got out, find another hole in this universe and I push you back in, which hopefully will bring you back to your world, wherever the fuck that is."<br/><br/>She leaned back on her chair, sighing. "To be honest, I much prefer the first option, even though the last thing I want right now is to be off-world. But I wanna ask you what you want to do."<span style="font-style: italic">Is anything I'm saying making any sense at all?</span>Seeing as she might be spending more time with this man than she would want, she sighed again. "My name is Akira." She gestured vaguely at him. "I'm guessing you can do magic."