Joe gave him a long, chill look and then stepped to the window. He couldn't figure the other. Unless he was a fruitcake. Maybe he was in some kind of pressure cooker and this was one of the fruitcakes.
He looked out, however, not on the lawns and walks of a sanitarium but upon a wide boulevard of what was obviously a populous city.
And for a moment again, Joe Prantera felt the depths of nausea.
This was not his world.
He stared for a long, long moment. The cars didn't even have wheels, he noted dully. He turned slowly and faced the older man.
Reston-Farrell said compassionately, "Try this, it's excellent cognac."
Joe Prantera stared at him, said finally, flatly, "What's it all about?"
The other put down the unaccepted glass. "We were afraid first realization would be a shock to you," he said. "My colleague is in the adjoining room. We will be glad to explain to you if you will join us there."
"I wanta get out of here," Joe said.
"Where would you go?"