[ It's maybe a little cruel, in hindsight, to have trapped him into talking about this. God knows Stephen adamantly avoids talking about his losses wherever he can. But then there's Jane, and that's better.
Or would be, except for how they're trapped in a nowhere dimension by an encompassing void, his daughter worlds away. ]
Yeah. [ Yeah. Plenty, except when there's nothing. The disparity between the frantic times and the idle boredom of life before electricity is stark, and hasn't gone unnoticed. But Stephen has company, has magic and research, and Jim has his cabin, has fishing. Speaking of, Stephen takes another bite, washes it down with a swig of wine. ] Well. You haven't lost your touch.
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Or would be, except for how they're trapped in a nowhere dimension by an encompassing void, his daughter worlds away. ]
Yeah. [ Yeah. Plenty, except when there's nothing. The disparity between the frantic times and the idle boredom of life before electricity is stark, and hasn't gone unnoticed. But Stephen has company, has magic and research, and Jim has his cabin, has fishing. Speaking of, Stephen takes another bite, washes it down with a swig of wine. ] Well. You haven't lost your touch.
[ The food's good. That's stayed the same. ]