Richard accepts her explanation with a nod, void of any challenge or skepticism.

“Had I been pulled in twenty years earlier in my life, I might have believed something similar. The alien nature of it is interesting.

“But if there is any intelligence to the process by which we’re brought through the Fade, it had to have decided your abilities could be utilized in service to something here. That’s worth reflecting on.” Isn’t it? “Especially given the mess this plane has made of itself.”