“I don’t know.” Those three simple words are an admission of defeat that Oliver rarely makes but now, when Felicity is clearly scared, he can’t be anything but honest with her. This is outside of his ken and he owes it to her to admit that he doesn’t know the hows or whys of the place they’ve been trapped in. All he knows is that they’re together, the two of them, and that he’ll do anything to keep her safe.

“It doesn’t make any sense. Maybe we can ask some of the scientists here if they’ve looked into it. I’ve given up on us being an island unto ourselves. We’re going to have to at least talk to the others if we’re going to have a chance at survival.”