He caught the package in one hand and reached across to snag the loaf of bread. "Ahaa. Mustard or mayo in there?"

"See, that's part of what my whole field of study is about - shaking people out of preconceived notions long enough for a really objective look at data. Dinosaurs are containable - well, no, living things don't generally function that way. Magic isn't real - well, you've just landed in a castle several continents away from where you just were." He shrugged. "Let's put it this way: Circumstances almost never surprise me. People frequently do, at first anyway."