If he was missing a few days, then everyone was; from going from their home world, to here, and who the heck knew why?

"Allenby. Allenby Beardsley, and that's pretty much the gist of a computer. There's a lot of that kind of stuff where I'm from. A lot." she makes sure the emphasis is there. At least he knew, some people had never heard of such a thing; but they had magic.

"So what'd you do back home, mm?"