[ France, huh...? He hasn't heard of any comparable programs happening concurrently, though there is a faint possibility that he'd simply forgotten a brief mention from years ago. More likely though, Minakami is correct and their worlds are simply adjacent but not identical. Speaking with a number of Lost Souls, van Zieks has come to understand that there is an incredible variety of 'Earth'-like worlds. ]

There is certainly no need for apology. Even if there are divergences, your point of origin is still one of the closest I have encountered. There is comfort in knowing we are not alone in our relative temporal position.

[ Stronghart being here had been absolutely no relief on that end, but the man is gone now. Sholmes meanwhile... Well. He should at least mention him. ]

There is one other from the London of my time period - a certain Herlock Sholmes, should you run into him. He is an eccentric fellow, so for better or worse he'll be hard to miss in the long term.