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Fingley sighs. “Your parents are involved in antimatter research. They came up with a device that can disrupt the boundaries between parallel worlds.” “What are parallel worlds?” you ask. “It’s very complicated, “Fingley says, sounding a little impatient. “Some people believe that the universe is composed of many separate but parallel worlds. The antimatter device can rupture the boundaries of space and time that keep the worlds separate---causing anyone near the device to be transported to another world.” He pauses and shakes his head sadly. “They wouldn’t share their research with anyone---they said it was too dangerous. But the FBI got wind of it and started to snoop around. I tried to get your parents to confide in me. . .” He shrugs. “ Now look what’s happened.” “Where is everybody?” you ask “The fact is, due to, ah, an accident, I have been transported to a parallel world almost exactly like Earth. Somehow you came along with me.” Go on to the next page 7