"Then why aren't they?" Bruce gestures, then stops. His mind works quickly and what it comes up with makes him frown. "Is this isn't our world, who's to say they aren't? Maybe outside of this place, they're using the power of this ritual to control everything."

He sighs softly. "I need to talk to these people who were once technicians. They know more things that are actually true, or so I damn well hope."