“Learning what dude? I’m not learning where we are, how I got here, how I get back, or how you know me. So, from where I stand, it don’t look like I’m learning jack.â€?

Two surfboards slowly climbed through the sand and lay at their feet. “What do you see?â€?

“Besides some jerk?â€?

Trent laughed again, “yes, besides me.â€?

“Well, I see these two surfboards that grew out of the sand, the beach, and there’s still some bamboo flooring behind us.â€?

“Does that tell you where we are?â€?

“No.â€?

“Why not?â€?

“Because this place can’t exist.â€?

“But you’re here. I’m here. Don’t you smell the ocean air? Hear the waves crash? Feel the sand? Doesn’t that mean it exists?â€?

“I guess so. But that doesn’t explain where we are, or how I got here.â€?

“I thought you took the stairs?â€?

“Dude, you’re really annoying, you know that?â€?

“So I’ve been told.â€? Trent grabbed one of the boards and headed for the ocean. “Come on. Let’s go find you those answers.â€?

Todd reluctantly strapped the board to his ankle and followed Trent into the water.