[ A small flicker of memory. Stories heard from outsiders and soldiers. Of a world outside their quarantined zone. ]

Oh, like... San Fransisco? Is that in... America? I'm not very good with geography, I'm afraid.

[ A small pause and she lays down the needle, pretending to fiddle with the stitches for a moment. ]

A place called Ergastulum. It's on Earth, although I'm not sure where. I don't think I travelled worlds so much as travelled time. As crazy as that sounds.

What were these creatures like? Monsters or something different?