"98.. percent. Billions." Victor kept running, but felt.. well, he wasn't sure. An entire world. Or most of a world, empty of people. That must be how Clark's was, in a way. Everyone dead except for a few numbers. Though it wasn't exactly the same. And according to Shay, life was being snuffed out still on a daily basis where she was from. And it was probably going to get worse if the Smokies weren't stopped completely. Or anyone like them.
He started to run faster as he mulled all this over in his head, keeping up with the pace without showing any signs of strain. "I'd probably want to stop them too. I know of places where wars destroyed a world. And this one guy I know, Lex, he'd probably have the Smokies on his side. Let's just say I got a reasonable grudge against him. So this... your future, do you happen to know what the date was, or the year? Not to say it would happen in this place, but you never know. I'd hope that it wouldn't."