[For a moment it seems like he's just going to stare blankly, but then he shakes his head and motions vaguely at her and their surroundings.]
You mean universes. I've heard of those.
[The things he'd heard while in Esthar. Things that were fascinating, but way, way beyond him, but which he'd asked about anyway if only to understand more about Sis's ability and what the sorceress meant to do with it. Something about strings and layers of reality. He rubs his head.]
Or, uh, dimensions? They kind of used the terms interchangeably.
[... All of which does not in the least bit preclude the possibility that he walked out of the time compression and into something else, or that this woman is really a sorceress. Just a different kind, and not exactly trustworthy.]
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[For a moment it seems like he's just going to stare blankly, but then he shakes his head and motions vaguely at her and their surroundings.]
You mean universes. I've heard of those.
[The things he'd heard while in Esthar. Things that were fascinating, but way, way beyond him, but which he'd asked about anyway if only to understand more about Sis's ability and what the sorceress meant to do with it. Something about strings and layers of reality. He rubs his head.]
Or, uh, dimensions? They kind of used the terms interchangeably.
[... All of which does not in the least bit preclude the possibility that he walked out of the time compression and into something else, or that this woman is really a sorceress. Just a different kind, and not exactly trustworthy.]
... Crap. Are there portals back?
[Still worth a try, right?]