I like using my hands, keeping them busy. And you're right, there's something about it that's calming before you even get to the enjoyment of the tea.

[ Rituals are sacred for a reason, after all. ]

Ah, yes, the time travel. To be honest, I don't know how I did it, and I've no clue how it works. I touched a rock in the middle of a circle of standing stones and then I was two-hundred years in the past. Literally in the same place, in the same circle of stones. But I couldn't find a road, which I found out was because it didn't exist yet.

[ Claire takes a sip of her tea and gives a gentle one shouldered shrug. ]

Not everyone can, either. It's apparently quite rare, and I was one of the lucky ones.