"Potentially," says Iman. "But this was my specialty, where I'm from, crossing between dimensional membranes, so theoretically, if there is a way to do that, we have all we need right here." She waggles her left hand without looking back. "I want to confirm the story's veracity and then we'd need to sort out how it happened and if it can be done again."

It's a little scary to be talking like this. If she does find a way out, there's no guarantee she'd get back in, and even if she did, wouldn't the goal be to get everyone back where they came from? A lot of new lives have been built here, even she has met people she doesn't want to lose, and she hasn't been here that long.

"It'll take some time, but time we have," she says after a moment.