voice.

[fremde]

[ There's no picture to go with this transmission. The boy on the other side of it has gotten increasingly skittish about letting anyone lay eyes on him. Needlessly so, maybe, considering this appears to be a whole different universe. Then again, wherever he goes, someone usually follows. ]

I know the long answer to this question is waiting for me in a library somewhere, but if anyone knows enough to summarize for me, can you tell me what the status of Germany happens to be in this timeline? Did reunification ever happen? Or did all of Germany fall to the Soviets? Is travel restricted to the Republic side, if it exists? Is it only open to those who register?

[ Probably, these are things he should have thought to ask the minute he arrived in Cape Canaveral. In his state of shock, it hadn't occurred to him. ]

Sorry for all the questions. I just have one more: Can anyone here tutor me in English? I studied it as my foreign language in school but I'm still having trouble speaking clearly when my translator isn't activated. I'd rather not sound like an idiot.

[ At the moment, he's being dubbed over to sound perfectly American, but he hates it. ]