Guy could only seem to stand there for a minute, opening and closing his mouth. There were a lot of questions he wanted to ask. 'What's metal?' for instance. Or 'If I'm from the past, how would you know if it's the past?' Which might have eventually led to a follow up of 'What's archaelogy?'
He finally settled on rubbing the stubble of his chin curiously, leaning against the tree and crossing his arms, the knife still hanging limp in his one hand.
"The weird gray guy with horns said they brought us from all different worlds and he had to be right since I've never seen anyone that looks like him before. So technically, rather than being from the past, doesn't that mean I'm from a world that, because people appeared later or because we've been slower to grow, we're just 10,000 years earlier in development and how we live just superfically resembles a period of time in your worlds?"
He rubbed his chin again.
"Because nobody said anything about the people who brought us here also being able to go to yesterdays and tomorrows. Can they do that?"
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He finally settled on rubbing the stubble of his chin curiously, leaning against the tree and crossing his arms, the knife still hanging limp in his one hand.
"The weird gray guy with horns said they brought us from all different worlds and he had to be right since I've never seen anyone that looks like him before. So technically, rather than being from the past, doesn't that mean I'm from a world that, because people appeared later or because we've been slower to grow, we're just 10,000 years earlier in development and how we live just superfically resembles a period of time in your worlds?"
He rubbed his chin again.
"Because nobody said anything about the people who brought us here also being able to go to yesterdays and tomorrows. Can they do that?"
If they could, they were even more horrifying.