"I know where Scandinavia is! Or at least, where it was, in my world. And England, as well. I've visited England once or twice, but mostly for business.

I'm from America, which might not have been founded, in your world at your time. If uh, if they were still called Saxons and all that. Where I'm from, if this world is like mine, is a little to the south. Less than a thousand miles, if I'm thinking of the right place. Which I might not be, it could be completely different.

I was in a big city. Eight and a half million people, or thereabouts. Not like this at all."