I don’t know. I just know it’s true. [Beyond that, Pepper hasn’t ever questioned the mechanics of it. Whether it’s science or magic she knows she won’t understand it, and it seemed futile to torture herself by trying to.

The next question is harder, and Pepper glances down, not able to offer the brand of hope Elizabeth seems to be searching for.] It can be, while you’re here. But what we do here doesn’t affect what happens to us back home---I’m sorry.