"She told me it was real big an' real bad. That witch what was comin'." He can see the scrutiny, so he raises a finger. "I think she reckoned I understood 'cause that planet I mentioned? It was also out to take a hunk of universe with it. So..." He hauls himself up to take his own turn sitting on the counter.

"So I guess that means y'all is from around the samish time. They do that where sometimes they'll take someone from one time, then grab another from years down the road. Or another timeline altogether? I found a double of my roommate earlier and tried to talk to him like it weren't nothin'."

He doesn't pry about the witch. It seems like a lot. But this other bit she needs to know.