[There's a great deal of strength required in being able to draw back in like that. For Rip, it's so much less like watching someone control their emotions than it is to watch a child attempt to be an adult.

And the fact that Bruce is good at it is rather telling.]

Is that so? [Though it's bitter, Rip can't quite hide that amusement from his voice. They would certainly see how true Bruce's words held.]

According to everyone present, where we are is Wonderland. I assume you're familiar with the story? [Be it from the original book or otherwise.] It is similar to what's called a "pocket universe," although reportedly entirely separate from other dimensions and the flow of time itself. We've all been brought here by forces beyond our control, and are similarly unable to dictate when we will leave--although people are said to "vanish" at times, presumably returned to their home universes.

And, despite the fact that you and I both come from Earth? There is every possibility that we do not, in fact, come from the same Earth.