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real.”
    Evaran nodded. “That is correct.”
    Dr. Snowden smirked. “That’s ridiculous. You’re saying it’s been one year and three weeks since my brother died and not two years?”
    “I am.”
    Sanjay furrowed his eyebrows. “Makes sense to me.”
    Jay looked at Sanjay. “How you understanding all this shit, chief?”
    Sanjay clenched his jaw and bobbed his head as he faced Jay. “Firstly, my name is Sanjay. Secondly, you have the wrong Indian. Thirdly, I watch and read a lot of science fiction. These things are covered quite a bit. It does require having the ability to read and listen, so I understand your confusion.”
    Jay snapped his head back and narrowed his eyes. Sanjay gulped and turned away from him and focused on Evaran.
    Dr. Snowden narrowed his eyes and rubbed his chin. No wonder he was having trouble believing any of this. It did sound like science fiction to him. “Okay, well, if we’re on an alien ship, how is it that we can breathe?”
    “The air actually has a slightly different composition than what you are used to. There is less nitrogen and more oxygen. Your nanobots have adjusted to that.”
    Dr. Snowden snorted and shook his head.
    Emily stepped out a bit from Dr. Snowden as she faced Evaran. “How do you know all this?”
    Evaran pointed at the console on the far side of the room. “It is all in the system logs over there.”
    Jay dipped his head and rubbed his temples with his right hand. “This ain’t happening, man.”
    Emily furrowed her eyebrows and looked down, then at Evaran. “Why’d you help us?”
    Evaran nodded at Emily. “I have been on Earth for quite a while now, studying your species. I have grown quite fond of them. On the day of your abduction, my ship noticed a temporal signature on the Krotovore scout ship. That was cause for investigation, as is any type of temporal activity. I did not know they had abducted you at that point. I only found that out when I boarded their ship and accessed the specimen list. The specimen list was corrupted and only had the names and basic descriptions intact. I did not know where most of the specimens came from, but I did know where you came from, and from what time period. I decided to interfere, and here I am.”
    Emily eyes softened, and her lips pursed as she glanced at Dr. Snowden.
    Evaran placed both hands behind his back. “Before I answer any more questions, you should put on the clothes you had before you were abducted. We only have about ten minutes before the shields in this room drop.” Evaran walked over to the slab Dr. Snowden was on. He bent over and pressed a panel built into the slab, which then slid out with a slight whooshing sound. “Your clothes are in the lower panel facing toward the doorway of this room. There are stalls in the back of the room you can change in.”
    “Correction. The shields will drop in ten minutes and twelve seconds , ” said V.
    “V, silent mode.”
    “Acknowledged.”
    Dr. Snowden grabbed his clothes from the panel. He saw the others had walked over to their slabs. He walked to the first stall in the back and entered it. The sterile smell was in stark contrast to the rest of the lab as it hit him in the face. Were the nanobots giving him a better sense of smell? He could almost visualize where the most sterile spots were in the stall. He grimaced and exhaled sharply. He saw a small shelflike structure jutting out at chest level. He set his clothes on it and began to change. He got his pants on and had half his shirt buttoned when he heard a knock at the stall door. “Who is it?”
    “Evaran. Got a minute?”
    Dr. Snowden opened the door.
    Evaran leaned in. “You may not believe you have nanobots, but so you know, the nanobots have removed your prostate cancer completely.”
    Dr. Snowden tensed up as he swallowed hard with raised eyebrows.
    Evaran nodded at him and closed the door as he leaned back out.
    Dr. Snowden turned around and continued getting dressed. After he was