Two and a half years. All told, temporal distortions from the realized omega level timewarper included, two and a half years since Tommy had returned to Earth. Three and a month since Tommy and Teddy had disappeared from Earth. The world had changed. They had changed. Everything had changed.

And Billy clearly didn't like giving this information to Tommy.

"Yeah," Billy agreed, running his fingers through his hair. "You're not wrong. He... uh. He needs some help. He wants David and I to come see him. I'm thinking... I want to know if you want to come with us. It could be good for you. Pinning him down and talking to him for real."