Derek reached out and squeezed Penelope's leg under the table, a quick warning action to let her know to back down before it was too late. "Director, I'm sure you realize how absolutely impossible this sounds," he said, and stood along with the other man. They could talk and walk at the same time.
"First, how did this happen? It was a split second, and we were here." It didn't make any sense. Derek didn't read comic books or watch superhero movies, but he knew enough from Garcia and Reid to know they that what they were experiencing was like something dreamed up by Marvel.
"What happened to our counterparts in this reality?"