Jamie vaguely hears Helen saying something as well, but he doesn't chime in himself; he's too busy remembering all over again that Adam's world - which is so painfully much like his world - is ninth in a series. A war series.

Jamie's world is probably next. Tenth. They could be playing a war on right there, at this very moment. Or, on the other hand, it could have been the world before -

No. No, it couldn't have been. Jamie won't let himself think that. And if war hasn't reached Adam's world yet, it can't have reached Jamie's either. It can't.