"Oh fantastic, I know my neighbours now. That's reassuring." He laughs a little, though it is nice getting to know more people around here.

Or not-people, potentially, in John's case.

"Yes! Uh, that was my primary area of research, at the FBC. He mentioned he'd been to a few other dimensions, though not entirely on purpose. Which is the same in my case, actually. Well one I meant to go to, the other I didn't. Were you -- did you go with him?"