[ it's disconcerting, to say the least. lance has experienced the time discrepancies, too . . . blue and red are much older than they should be, but lance has stayed the same. ]

It's certainly not normal.

[ as lance makes another move, thoughtful as he looks the board over. ]

It begs the question of what this place is, I think. And who, or what, created it. Something with an unmistakable amount of power.