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The Nexus is not a new location to Olivia, as she has occasionally found herself visiting for limited periods many moons ago. Today is the longest of those sessions, settling into the outside seating of a bustling cafe.

None of the chaos behind her warrants any sort of attention, rather, she's completely blocked out the sounds of rattling dishes and scrambling workers. Diverted between a cup of tea and a stacks of books on different scientific topics, she's submerged herself in the task of gathering information. However, the snacks the cafe offers do help to alleviate any frustrations she might be hiding.

Furrowing her brows at a particular chapter in her book, she closes it and takes a moment to reflect.

"I don't understand the mystery of this place. Not a single book details the creation of the "Nexus" or how it came to be. So how does it draw people into it? Why do people come here?" The question was intended to be directed inward, but ever her thoughts tend to slip out audibly at times. Perhaps a bit of conversation will quell her curious mind for the next few hours.

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"Perhaps it's always existed." Thor is sitting one table over, bundled up in layers against the wintery chill, his long hair tied up away from his face. His prosthetic hand is ungloved, and he's using the better dexterity to break off bits of the biscuits on his napkin to feed to two ravens lounging on the tabletop, the birds eagerly snapping up the morsels and croaking for more.

He turns his head a little to see her better and gives her a small smile and a shrug. "It's like asking why Yggdrasil exists, I think. It simply does, and the worlds orbit around it, intersecting with its branches to connect to the rest of the Worlds Tree. Yggdrasil has secret pathways that connect to different Realms; the Nexus seems to work in similar ways."