[ Yuri follows him out, not keen to get caught on the elevator and separated from Dimitri. Who knows where they'll wind up if they get swept off again, after all? ]

Were this our world, no doubt magic would have to be involved.

[ It's like a dumbwaiter that moves on its own, large enough to convey people. The scale of it is a curiosity. If they had something like this, it would save time in larger structures, he has to admit.

He considers that as he looks around, assessing their surroundings from his position near Dimitri's elbow. ]

...Looks like that indoor marketplace in Xanadu. A mall, yeah?