Togusa points at Zee, "I first thought that when we hit the layer that led us to the four cities and gave us you, actually. Felt like we had caught up to where you were, so we could all talk now. I don't know why I turned away from that idea. I kept expecting more physical locations to show up, but we've gotten so few."

Zee's question is a good one, and Togusa heaves a heavy sigh. "I can't really. I can fault them for so many other things. But not for trying, if they thought this was a real problem."

"So much of what I want to fault Retrospec for, I'm learning is really the fault of these worlds. Why does a world exist where a nine year-old kid needs a tank? Or a kid can summon gods? Or," he waves his hand in a vague up and down gesture, "all of James' bullshit?"