«You look and sound pretty familiar to me.»
«So do you. But is my crew still stuck back at their version of the wreck waiting for me to deal with Jorge?»
«Stop it,» she said softly. «You're Marcus Calvert, and you're back where you belong, flying Lady Mac .»
«Yeah, sure.»
«The xenocs wouldn't have built the wormhole unless they were sure it would help them get home, their true home. They were smart people.»
«And no mistake.»
«I wonder where they did come from?»
«We'll never know, now.» Marcus lifted his head, some of the old humour emerging through his melancholia. «But I hope they got back safe.»