Kate nods. She's got that relaxed, easy manner common to folk from her where and when. She's in no hurry, and it'd be a shame to let their first drink and meal respectively go to waste.
She blows out a slow breath, like a silent whistle.
"S'hard t'say. I surely don't have them answers, beyond what I've already told you. Milliways was here a long time 'fore I ever arrived, an' 'here' is—"
She shrugs, gesturing to the Window again.
"The very edge of the universe. The last spit of land, Lord knows how far from Earth. Ah, beggin' your pardon — folk from all different worlds come here. Wherever you're from, we ain't there no more. I once asked 'bout the doors, a long time ago; 'bout how they stretch to all kinds of different places all over the universe. Best answer anybody could give me was 'wormholes'. I don't know much 'bout that, but y'can travel from place t'place in the blink of an eye jus' by goin' through that door with somebody."
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She blows out a slow breath, like a silent whistle.
"S'hard t'say. I surely don't have them answers, beyond what I've already told you. Milliways was here a long time 'fore I ever arrived, an' 'here' is—"
She shrugs, gesturing to the Window again.
"The very edge of the universe. The last spit of land, Lord knows how far from Earth. Ah, beggin' your pardon — folk from all different worlds come here. Wherever you're from, we ain't there no more. I once asked 'bout the doors, a long time ago; 'bout how they stretch to all kinds of different places all over the universe. Best answer anybody could give me was 'wormholes'. I don't know much 'bout that, but y'can travel from place t'place in the blink of an eye jus' by goin' through that door with somebody."