Ah, yes, showing off a possibly ancient magical dragon shaped gun to a little boy in an odd bookshop. Just another day in Jeopardy, and in Adam's life. Not to mention that Sal is quickly rising up the ranks of the coolest people Adam's ever met.

"Whoa." He sounds genuinely fascinated as he looks at the weapon and the strangely living eyes. "Wicked."

They could both use the distraction. Both of them and probably most of the other imPorts that were dragged out to an alternate reality in the past couple of weeks, and whose friends and acquaintances didn't seem to return, or were gone by the time they came back. Anything to get their minds off it.

"So you're a mage? And a tomb raider?"