"...Well, fuck." How in the hell did he survive to see his 90s? History wasn't something he spent a lot of time on at MIT but the first and third of his boarding schools did pride themselves on world history. Most of it fairly accurate and the lectures scalding enough to linger.

"Christian Calendar of 2018, here. That space is called 'Syria' in my time." He can't quite remember when the changeover happened, it wasn't relevant to much of what he worked on or the defense contracts he had on hand before he pulled the plug on weapons production.