What? [ Well … It probably does make sense, thinking about it. Somehow. As much as anything like this can ever make sense. ] I woke up in a weird place I didn’t recognise, and after I’d looked around for a couple of hours, I poked my head through a portal because I thought it might take me back to where I’m supposed to be. [ There weren’t a whole lot of options left to her by that point. ]

The next thing I know, I’m here.

[ It’s a lot like how games are set up, and frankly, Aoko’s still not convinced they’re not in one. It’d explain a few things — like, say: Agent Washington. ]

So … That didn’t happen to you?