[as it turns out i'm actually completely predictable.]

Don't worry about it. It's one of those things that was supposed to happen.

[he's better off here than he was back home in pretty much every way, honestly. his role in a particular method of universal construct is finished. here, at least, he has a good shot at leading a normal existence.]

[as normal as hopping around worlds with a bunch of magical people from a whole pile of universes gets, anyway. but Dave is pretty weird himself, after all.]

I'm guessing Astoria will send everyone home when we're done runnin' her errands, anyway.