Alphonse shuddered, shaking his head. "And neither of those options is very comforting," he said, giving voice to both their thoughts. "I guess it could be that some people are taken from alternate realities of ours, but that's not much better."

He looked over to her, placing a hand on her shoulder sympathetically. "I'm sorry, Anise. I can't imagine how hard that's been for you." At least he'd arrived with his brother, and those he knew here remembered all that he did.