"Really?" It reminded him of a fantasy novel--he'd thought of that before. He almost expected some ethereal princess in a tower to be creating all this, held captive by the shadowy organization. But that was silly.

But he'd seen so much strange in so little time here.

"No telling if that will happen tomorrow or a thousand years from now."

He could wait forever, if nothing happened to his people in the meantime. He would wait forever, if he had to.