"...I've been here for a few years. It's like anything: once you've done it a few times, it's a bit old hat."

A beat before-

"Deeply annoying old hat, but old hat all the same."

He holds out both hands. He waggles the burned one.

"A flood is where things are still basically the same, as in, we're still on a ship and we're still floating through space, but say... there's bowls of candy that, should you eat one, might let you see someone else's memory. Or everyone's suddenly 10 years old. Or we've all been turned into other creatures."

He waggles the other one.

"A breach is where everything changes. For instance: once we were all in a random small town in the middle of nowhere. Another time, we were at a boarding school for children who'd traveled to other worlds and returned differently. We take on identities that are not our own, have family and friends that may not match up with what we actually have, and for the time being, we are fully convinced of this reality until it is over. Generally, the memories and emotions from such experiences fade after three days or so, unless an effort is made to keep them."