That.. [ terry trails off, blinking, last taco halfway to his mouth. ] That sounds like the plot of a vidgame. [ horrifying, clearly, and something he can easily see happening back home, but also definitely wild enough to be in a vidgame. and terry's supposed to just be a college kid here.

he balls up his trash and tosses it in a can, frowning. ] I'm sorry, it must be awful, escaping him only to wind up here. [ still away from home. not knowing what's happening to it.

he hesitates, then offers a subdued smile. ] I'm from a city called Neo Gotham. On earth, but uh.. not this earth, I think?