[The distraught laughter wound its way back down into more deep breathing. He wiped at his eyes again, though the tears hadn't really stopped.

That's right. Wash said he had experience with this sort of thing. Magic pets, magic powers, magic worlds, from a place without any.] Heck of a thing to get used to. [It explains a little about Wash, at least.]

Back home... [It's so far away. Oh man.] ...back home, humans and magic just... don't mix. It's just... not possible. But I guess I was young, and... heh, you never think the rules apply to you, huh?

I... I made a lot of lives a lot harder, getting involved with magic. [Who knows how things would be, if he'd just kept driving. He screws up his face, and sniffles loudly. Nope. Trying to imagine it, he comes up with a blank.]

We figured it out, though. Eventually. So... I can manage again.