She nods, grim-faced and just as displeased about this as he is. There's something unsettling about the idea even to her. How could someone have grabbed them both from opposite ends of the Earth without either of them catching a glimpse of their abductor, and why bring them to the same spot? Why bring them here, of all places? How could someone know such an outbreak was going to occur and know to bring help here in advance?

"It would appear so. My usual nightmares don't have any of this in them. And in my dreams, people call me by my birth name, even if they're strangers." Li glances over at him, hoping against hope he'll say it. He doesn't.

The cityscape beneath them is chaotic and rife with violence. She nods. "Even if our kidnapper is a terrible person, these people aren't. They don't deserve to die for another person's actions. They've done nothing to us."