"Something like that," muttered Owen, scowling. Well, even if he hadn't run into a version of himself who lived in-stream, there was a severe blow to the idea that maybe he'd gotten though... whatever the barrier was, and into the real world.
"So - Spike, was it?" Owen gave him a brief glance to confirm he's heard right earlier. "Where do you come from?"
He just hoped that wherever he'd landed, he FLA could get him out of here sooner or later. Even limbo was better than being stuck who knew where, with people convinced the story-stream was reality.