It's...hard to explain. I was...lost, you might say. I'm not sure if I was in an alternate reality, or maybe between realities, as Kaylee suggested. There was a large, blasted wasteland, that extended from up near the quarantine line to down near the port, maybe 10 miles wide. The sky was full of lightning storms, dust and ash.

I was never sure how much time had passed, while I was there. And I was alone. I could catch glimpses of people, but... [That was the most unnerving part, as much as he tried to push people away in the past.]