"It's one of those cases of 'you had to be there' I suppose." He couldn't help smiling at the blatant lie. Jumping out of airplanes, dodging bullets, getting shot at by his potential wife . . . yeah. It was actually a really good story, just one he wasn't all that comfortable sharing at the moment. He was more than happy to just skip right to the space travel.
"It seems a lot of us here are from different points along the same, or at least similar, timelines. Like me. I left my planet in what should have been 2014, and yet there are friends from home here that come from more than ten years later than that. The 2020's. And yet their recollection of the history tracks with mine, up to the point I left. I really think it was the space travel. And yes, I absolutely did go on a space ship. To an alien planet. You should ask me why." He grinned at the kid, amusement dancing in his eyes as he waited for further queries. Steve could stories about the weirdness of the island all day without touching on the painful bits. Usually.
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"It seems a lot of us here are from different points along the same, or at least similar, timelines. Like me. I left my planet in what should have been 2014, and yet there are friends from home here that come from more than ten years later than that. The 2020's. And yet their recollection of the history tracks with mine, up to the point I left. I really think it was the space travel. And yes, I absolutely did go on a space ship. To an alien planet. You should ask me why." He grinned at the kid, amusement dancing in his eyes as he waited for further queries. Steve could stories about the weirdness of the island all day without touching on the painful bits. Usually.