"Right, the 'different times' thing..." She hops up a small ledge formed from sand and a mess of tree roots, and glances back to check Itsuki's progress. How many worlds are crapshoots? She's not sure she's met many passengers who come from well-adjusted, peaceful worlds.

But then again, maybe people from those kinds of worlds didn't make for good voidtreckers. "Honestly, I'd be more nervous if someone showed up from the future. What are you supposed to do, at that point? Different worlds is bad enough."