Right, right. So you know the three fates? They were in the forms of machines, or two of them were. There was a group, called Vulcanus, that was trying to put an end to imports where we were at. Just a plain old Earth, with a couple of extra countries, and New York was called just the City.

Anyway, Atropos was called, and she smashed the world. The porter -- the one bringing us in was called Lachesis, and she saved us. Brought us here.

And then she vanished.