Henry waited for Porsche to get settled into a chair before he took his own seat. He reached for the teapot to pour their guest a cup and he nodded at the initial question. "I don't have any objections. My dear Gaura often cooks like this so we're used to letting others take some away."

He held the pot toward Gaura to see if he'd like a cup of tea as well. There were so many things to choose from, he didn't want to assume.

"If I presume we're from the same earth, it's my understanding that I'm from... Well, Gaura's past, at least. I come from England in the 1880s. It's said that first footing in the British Isles is a way to have good fortune in the new year. The first footer is traditionally a handsome, dark-haired man. Supposedly, this preference goes back to the time of Nordic invasions where the arrival of a fair-haired person on your doorstep bode ill."