Martin lets out a puff of air, brows shooting up. "God, what didn't happen? Uh, let's see... Ah, Jon had to explode Helen. That was interesting. We found Melanie and Georgie, and they were--- shockingly unimpacted by the Fears for various reasons. And they'd accidentally started a cult because of it. Then I got sort of but not really kidnapped by Annabel Cain, who offered us a way to stop the apocalypse, but... at the cost of letting the Fears into other worlds."

At this point, Martin has started a cup of tea for himself.

"We--- decided with Melanie and Georgie and Basira that we were going to spring for it. Jon didn't want to. He--- he didn't want to have that on his conscience, but. We decided. As a group. So..." Martin stumbles over this part, clearly reluctant to relive it as he stirs his tea. "So we were going to do it after a rest, but... Jon slipped out. He killed Elias, and took his place as the... the Pupil of the Eye. With the intention of killing off the world, so that it would starve the Fears to death. But I knew he was up to something, and I followed, and--- by the time I--- Well, it was too late. The others blew the gas main, destroyed the Panopticon, and I... Jon and I died together. And now we're here."