"If I had been presented with this testimony before arriving in this world, I would be hard pressed to give it much credibility," Kobie replies. "But it seems there is a great deal about this place that defies not only basic physics, but historical fact, and I am therefore in the difficult position of not being able to separate what I know to be true with anecdotal evidence, and what my scanners tell me. I do not believe you to be a liar, Hattie. But you must admit that your statement does seem somewhat difficult to believe."