JC didn't make any time is relative jokes, thankfully, though he did smile at the newcomers almost knowingly and lead the way around the circular walkway to one of the off shoot corridors. He keyed in a code and despite having bare feet in dangerous proximity to the heavy door, yanked it open almost effortlessly.

"I've been here about two years, in linear time. That's going to be the hardest for you to wrap your head around at first," JC mentioned. "And Myfanwy has been here much longer than that. She was a product of a destabilization in the Rift, that light you see below. Energy here has a way of opening gaps in time and space. It's why the Hub was built around it, to regulate it and to keep the objects and people that leave the rift from roaming Earth astray."

He showed them to the main meeting room. There were old take away boxes in the bin.

"She's very fond of chocolate."