I thought this was insane when I thought we were only magically transported to an alternate dimension, [ Kim says, leaning back in his seat and crossing his arms across the chest. In a way, it's nice to hear it expressed out loud. Kim's been coping with this the same way that he copes with everything; by putting his nose to the grindstone and working, pretending like nothing is wrong, that the nature of his life hasn't gone counter to what he had always dreamed of. But there's a vast difference between having to do that back home, when all he had to deal with was increasingly difficult moral quandaries in the wake of an enduring post-war depression, and this, something straight out of a science-fiction novel. ]

I thought it was insane when I first met people who were -- non-humans, blessed with magical powers, or when resources started appearing out of nowhere, or when we were thrust into a world without any concept of currency.

This, I'm afraid is a step beyond that.

[ His voice is sympathetic, if not a little defeated. ]

Part of me is still waiting to wake up, only I know my imagination is nowhere near this colourful.