"Hi, I'll be training you in, I'm Xakanthos, the talking rabbit. I'm in charge of the volcano. Listen: you'll be working for Thor, he's the dwarf. (Don't worry, he's a dwarf, he's always scrabbling nude through the recycling looking for quartz). Anyhoo, lunch is from 12 to 1, but there is a wrinkle in time, so just try to get back anytime before The Quickening.
Here are your flippers, your barbeque tongs, if you have any questions go back to the fifth dimension -- I'll be sittin' there on my lily pad..."