"We don't really know," he admits. "We all woke up here, no idea how we got here: same as you. The first arrivals that I know of got here....oh, a month and a half ago now. I got here about a week later. New people arrive all the time. Sometimes people disappear. Or die. This town is called Mathias, according to what records we've been able to find. We don't know who's pulling the strings, but not from lack of trying."

The kettle boils and he pours water into the press.

"Where's Central City?"