Alex fidgets a little, wetting his lips.

"Actually, boss, there's one thing. Though I - hell, I don't know if we'll ever find it, but -" He hesitated. He knew he was going to sound crazy, if Holden hadn't seen it. Hell, Holden hadn't even seen the ring.

He cleared his throat.

"There might be a way to get home. The uh - the protoshit? It made a gateway. A doorway. Something. Hell if I know what. And we - we opened more of them." He met Holden's eyes with an apologetic look. Sorry, hoss, he knew he sounded mad. "The protomolecule - whatever it is - has doors and links throughout - well, hell, I don't know. Ten thousand systems. If we can find a Ring, we might bee able to get back home."