...I don't think he's Maine anymore. They're calling him "The Meta" in communication. Took me awhile to figure that out, what really happened there. What he did to the others.

[ That certainly does explain where North thinks Theta is, but also... York doesn't know how to take this, his grip on his friend tightening a little reflexively. Because everyone who he knows ran into the thing that used to be Maine is dead now. But North's right here, solid and warm and telling this story. ]

I'm sorry. I was really hoping I'd find you before he did, but also that we never had to deal with him at all.