Ahaha, I know what you mean. I definitely experience a little bit of culture shock every time someone mentions something off-handedly about their world, and it just sounds like something that could only exist in fiction where I come from.

[off they go to wherever the urban fantasy books are in this library. you cannot make me think about the layout. she'll help by picking out some of the books with a smaller page count, so he can look at the synopsis and see what sticks.]