[ Of course not: Sand's paying. He budgets for coffee like most people budget for food. ]

I'd have a problem if I didn't.

And [ woof ] okay, that's going to take some explaining.

[ He waits until they both have caffeine in hand and they're walking. ]

So... in our reality and in all realities connected to it, our little... cluster? There's a set of beings known as the Endless. They're... beyond gods, the name is what it is for a reason. Most civilizations only sort of brush up against them and history is riddled with them, even though most people don't know they exist.

I do because I'm connected to one of them.

[ One of them who used to be someone else. He knows that jawline, after all. No matter the strange ethereal quality of the man. ]