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au where Hendrix is like Claire and is from the future. further than Claire's current time.
but he somehow manages to get Jamie through the stones, just once. a temporary visit.
"you don't have warming pads?" making the motion of what seems to be a frying pan. after a moment of confusion, Drix realizes what he's referring to, having heard of them. vaguely in passing at some point.
"oh, I mean we do. but they're not quite so literal anymore." it was unfortunately winter when Jamie came passing through. Drix wished it could've been closer to spring, maybe even summertime. but he'd take what he could get. taking Jamie everywhere in his small town. treating it like he was a tour guide for one.
with Jamie's question, he brought the time traveler up to his bedroom. "it's electric," Hendrix told him as he unfurled the duvet. a small blue pad of fabric. having adapted a little bit to all the plugable objects in Hendrix's time, Jamie’s eyes looked for a cord. finding it, his fingers trailed to what was a remote fixture. "you control the settings with that. can set the temperature somewhat, along with the time. up to three hours, turns off on its own after that. but I've never set it for that long. too afraid of burning the house down."
"aye, I see," dropping the remote part, his calloused hand brushed over the fabric. "huh, essentially works the same. what's beneath it?" Drix oddly enough was not expecting him to ask that.
"I...uh, I actually don't know. one second," another thing Jamie had fondly gotten used to. It wasn't that Hendrix didn't know flat out. rather he thought his explanation wouldn't be the best. plus Jamie tended to have follow-up questions.
"okay, so I was right," reading off what the internet had given him.
putting the duvet back, Jamie laughed. "I still can't believe it's normal to not know how most things are made."
Hendrix took no offense by the comment. he'd thought similar things before. especially after adapting to how difficult life was in the 18th century. "it's not that we don't want to know. half the time, it's simply the scale. how much is made in such a fast timeline. but I will admit, for me, it's more laziness. never thought to wonder how a heating pad of all things was made or works exactly."