Castor stares at the man for a moment, trying to parse this. He knows 'Manhattan, New York' though he's never been there, never been out of the UK. 'Earth, 2013' is stranger. Is that not a given? Well, maybe not, if 'rift in space-time' is also on the table. Is this guy for real?
Suspicion would be stupid. He's the one who just appeared here, defying reason and physics.
"August," he repeats, as though that were the most startling thing. "How - how long as this been happening, I mean, do people - does the government know about it? I never heard anything about this."
Why would he? No one tells him much of anything, unless it's to do with his work. But now that it's affected him, shouldn't he have known?
He feels a twinge of nervous energy. The lamp went out - the radio died. What's going to happen to the ships out there?
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Suspicion would be stupid. He's the one who just appeared here, defying reason and physics.
"August," he repeats, as though that were the most startling thing. "How - how long as this been happening, I mean, do people - does the government know about it? I never heard anything about this."
Why would he? No one tells him much of anything, unless it's to do with his work. But now that it's affected him, shouldn't he have known?
He feels a twinge of nervous energy. The lamp went out - the radio died. What's going to happen to the ships out there?
"I need to get back," he says quickly.