It absolutely was a compliment, and she smiled wider when he took it as one. It was one more step in the right direction - proving that he was a better kind of different. When he spoke up again, she was glad of a few people in line ahead of them. She'd have time to explain, and then they'd each have something to think about while the sundaes got made.

"It's a world outside of time. They call it the Magic Kingdoms: the source of all Imagination. Without it, all the different worlds people come from can't exist. You and I aren't the only ones who have ... different versions of the same world, either. My friends Fenton and Webby come from two different places called Duckburg, and know each other as completely different people, too. It's part of why this -" she gestured between them - "isn't completely breaking my brain. ... Anyway, everyone who lives in my building came through that giant mirror like you and I did. We've been brought here because we've all got really strong Imaginations, and they need us to help save the Kingdoms from being destroyed. We were kind of their last good idea."