"Well, of course we're in America," Riley said with a half-hearted laugh, even though he wasn't feeling particularly amused about anything. He'd actually believed for a second last night that they weren't even on Earth. "We..." It occurred to him that he didn't really know for sure, and the uncertainty wiped the smile from his face. "All the nurses are speaking English, aren't they? Where else could we be?"

This was much too surreal, not having access to a map, let alone a GPS. God, Riley didn't even know where in the world he was. This wasn't fun. This wasn't fun at all.

If by true colors, Aigis meant giant demonic birds and monsters lurking in sheds... Riley didn't know what he would do. Everything here seemed to rely on the fact that he had any clue what was going on. Maybe it would be as simple as admitting that he didn't. "Okay, look, the last thing I remember is being in Washington, D.C. I was getting into my car. Then I woke up here, and I don't know what happened, and I don't know why there's these things at night. If there was some kind of tutorial, I don't remember it."

Riley didn't know if finding out that he had volunteered for all of this would make him feel better or worse. Maybe he really had gone insane.