"Oh!" John was finally understanding how the internet worked. "I think I get it now."
"You already said there wasn't a nuclear war," John reminded her, "so how are people destroying the earth? Or the environment, I guess," he asked curiously. The future seemed like an interesting place.
"That would be a little strange," he agreed, wondering how her mom would react if she had gone to her grandparents. Not well, he assumed, judging by what Rory had told him about their relationship. "Yeah, I'm still not sure what I'm going to tell Mattie," John told her, looking around the room, "or Sophia for that matter. They're going to be mad at me for not at least calling to tell them I'd be late."
"Alright," he agreed, standing up from his comfortable sprawl on the couch and leading the way back towards the kitchen.