“Well, that would depend upon what one considers dull, I suppose,” Daniel says mildly. It isn't the first time he's had that particular saying quoted at him.

He nods his head at the man's explanation, then suddenly his eyes widen.

“Oh! Wait, I think I know that one. The Never Ending Story, right?” He’d read the book, Die Unendliche Geschichte a few years after it came out, during his first summer at college while he was teaching himself German. He’d forgotten it had been turned into a movie... now he thinks he remembers hearing that Michael Ende had been quite disappointed in it.

He’s pretty sure the movie came out in the mid eighties, though…