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The other side of the portal lead to the end of everything. Or an everything. It was a surprisingly nice end of everything. A bar with plenty of tables, booths and comfortable chairs sitting by a fire with fish swimming within the flames. Rats wearing little suits scurried around carrying trays with food and drink on them to various patrons at various locations.

There's a scattering of people around with friends or by themselves. Doing everything from nothing, to eating to reading to making a mess on the table because they've pulled apart a machine. The rats are not happy about that.

And of course there's the Window where the end of the universe can be seen in all its glory. As it is the natural time of death for the universe, it won't do anything to Zack beyond looking beautiful. Repeating every few minutes or so as time is rewound. People pay to watch the universe end, not be there when it ends after all.

Alec stands on the other side of the portal, which also corresponds to a doorway, even though he was behind Zack a second ago.

"Welcome to Milliways. The restaurant at the end of the universe."

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That earns a bark of laughter. "I do, but you are assuming I'm actually bothering to do anything about it. I am quite fond of procrastinating and being able to travel through time makes it even easier to procrastinate." The executive dysfunction that comes with being ADHD isn't so hard for him since he can just bop back in time whenever he's got the spoons to deal with it. "That being said, you are right. There is always a way out of a bad situation and you're smart enough to figure it out."

There's a slight tilt of his head and a quick blank expression as if his attention has skittered off somewhere. Then just as quick, it's back. "I might have something more to help you with that."

"Aren't you a lucky one," He says teasingly, and with no malice intended. Sometimes people who aren't magically bound can hurt themselves when trying to figure out a knotty train of thought. "It'll help when you get back. Prevent it from happening again."

Hopefully.