Jim feels his browline raise in disbelief.

"An actual portal? Just. In a park? How-? How come no-one else knows about that?"

Five thousand and one questions run through Jim's head. How'd they keep that hidden? How is that possible? Why do you have to pay with water? Do you need protective gear to go through it? Is it to a different point in our universe or an adjacent universe?-

Hold on a second.

"I just asked all that out loud, didn't I?"