"Okay, that is both a relief and terrifying in a different way," Alistair answered, the nebulous image of some huge creature beginning to dissipate moment by moment. "We had similar - kind of. We had a big green hole in the sky, except we knew where it led, and it was eventually going to destroy the world, and--

"And...

"...Huh. I... just realised I don't know how that story ends..."