"Born and raised in Kohlingen!" Locke volunteered almost enthusiastically before he cleared his throat and got a hold of himself. "I mean...not that that's supposed to matter to either of you but you and I," he said to Lily, "we're both misplaced."
"Where did you come from?" Fred asked and in his voice, there was the unmistakable note of curiosity. "From the future? The past? Or from some fantastical place with monsters and all that?"
"He's supposed to be studying us displaced people," Locke explained to Lily as he reclined comfortably to his chair. "For universe-city or whatever you call that..."