Naomi digs a fist into her eye to try and wipe away some of the tears; another loud sniffle sounds. "People at Milliways could."

(She may not remember the bar itself -- she was too young, and her mom and dad haven't been back there in years -- but she hears the crew talk about it enough to know that lots of impossible stuff can happen there.)

Wash murmurs out another soothing sound, wrapping his arms around his daughter a little more snugly. "But we're not at Milliways, baobei," he says. "Which means we've got all those those pesky laws of physics to obey."

Sorry, he mouths over her head to Simon. He'd hoped this wouldn't happen. Hence the whole telling her about it beforehand.