"Just seems like a hell of a risk when a view screen works just as well." But the humour in his tone had disappeared - Amos' blunt and straightforward assessment pulling him back to - well he would hesitate to call this reality, but there they were.

He looked a little stunned at the revelation.

"Five days? I've been out five days?" They must have been giving him fluids, or something, but everything felt wrong about this place--

"Alright, well. We gotta find 'em. Maybe they're bein' kept somewhere, not released yet. It don't make a hell of a lot of sense, but nothin here does. And I'll feel a lot better once we have the family back together."