"Hey, anything beats M.O.D.O.K.'s health plan. Which basically was just, 'Do what I say or else I'll vaporize you!'" The two of them can play at the joke game.

Gwen steps easily into line to order, already knowing what she wants. She gives David a sage nod, her face still playful but her tone severe. "This place is going to fuck with you, and fuck with you some more, and then never stop fucking with you." Out of all the universes Gwen has been to (which, admittedly, is not as many as David), Deerington was by far the worst and most dangerous.

"The good news is, we can't die here. Well... We can die, and do with terrifying frequency, but we don't stay dead."