Oh. He blinks back at her, misinterpreting her surprise. "I mean...not today! Not here in the Nexus, I ain't. But it's how I ended up here, as far as I can tell. Got killed back home and woke up here."

"I know I ain't alone. I'd think this was some kind of afterlife, except I know there's live people that come and go."

He looks up at her with a wry smile. "Don't go makin' promises like that, now. The Nexus does what the Nexus wants. We're lucky, but I reckon if we count on too long a calm we'll just end up unprepared for the next big thing."