Locke's mouth shaped a perfect O. Whoah, 50 years into the future. How bizarre is that!
Sungmin's question almost made him choke in his beer, though. In fact, accidentally moving into another world is a thing of the past, he'd seen it in the works...except not so accidentally. "That's complicated stuff I'll never learn to explain," he said instead as he rested his elbows heavily against the counter top. "But what's more pressing is that I can't seem to find my way back. I've tried the maps, I've tried the people or the way I came in but I can't find a gateway or a cave that will lead me back to my own realm.
Still, your problem seems more complicated," Locke said to the younger man. He understood how it was like to move between realms of a singular timeline but how about moving in time? "So you're displaced with-- hold on, you have an airship?!" he gaped. He'd only just now realized what Sungmin had told him.