Dee grins. "Awesome! Food's pretty cool once you get used to it." She locates a couple of lollipops among the scattered sweets. "Okay, these are a little different -- you unwrap 'em and then just suck on them, and they get smaller and smaller before dissolving entirely. You can bite 'em, but they're not like chocolate bars." After a moment, she adds (because he is brand new to this), "And you don't eat the stick."

There's a few raised eyebrows at that. "How does that work?" Alice asks.

"I'm thinking -- you jump on something, and it kind of drills down?" Marty says, trying to demonstrate with appropriate hand motions. "Or, uh, hammers down, I guess. . .doesn't sound fun to be on the other side of, anyway."