Incredibly, though it seems like there are just as many versions of Earth as there are of Thedas, my homeworld.

[Judging that Dean gets what he means, Wolfe starts to walk to the unassuming and windowless bar door at the end of the alley where he'd indicated.]

A pleasure. I don't suppose you play cards, do you? I just got some bad news and need something to blow off steam. I mean, besides the strongest drink they can muster in this place.

[Finding out you were actually gone for months when it feels like weeks is a big bomb to drop.]