There's a "machine" in the ground that drags people here from many worlds and times. W' think it's not supposed t' do that, 't's just broken.

[That was a lot. And pretty much all that is known about how they are brought here, so... He can stop there. The "where we are" he already answered, but there is something else that needs to be talked about, better sooner than later, and that is more of a "when we are" issue.] What's yer year?