"I still can't believe it myself, to be honest." Martha appraised Larry at his latter comment, then realised he and Nick could very well be from a universe without Hogwarts. "And no, not a friend--a character in a very famous book series," she explained. "Where and when I'm from. My friend and I recounted it to the Bard, a little; it seemed appropriate given the situation we were in at the time."

She still wasn't sure how the hell it wasn't a paradox.