[Keith nodded. Once he had everything out of the bags, he leaned on the counter.]

One of the missions I took while I was away from the team was an extraction mission. It was tied to a larger one that the new team I was on had been following through with. I had to help another agent get out of her undercover position. Once we did, the two of us continued after a lead she had, but ended up in the quantum abyss, which is where we ended up stuck on the space whale for two years. But the gravity in the quantum abyss is weird, and that's why time moves differently there. It was only a few weeks for everyone outside that area.

[But here was the kicker.]

The woman I was sent to retrieve... she's my mom.