"Where are we now? No, perhaps I should be asking what time it is?"
Watching Deathstroke return after buying two ice cream cones from a roadside stand, Laurie narrowed her eyes and stepped beneath the sun umbrella.
They were currently in a perfectly ordinary neighborhood park. Some elderly people basked in the sun on benches, young couples whispered beneath the trees, and a few unruly children chased pigeons across the grass. The plump birds merely cooed and scurried away on their short little legs.
The surrounding buildings looked somewhat dated, but the cleanliness of the streets showed that this was an upscale neighborhood. Clouds drifted across the azure sky, and everything was quiet and peaceful.
It did not look like the sort of place where any crisis might occur.
And in fact, it was not. This was an utterly ordinary Time Point, one that did not even shine with any special light on the Timeline. It represented everyday life.
Seven or eight stalls selling all kinds of snacks shared one dining area, with white plastic tables and chairs beneath white sun umbrellas, allowing people to enjoy a moment of peace in the city even under the blazing sun.
Deathstroke handed one of the ice cream cones to Laurie, then leaned back in his chair and let out a breath.
"We are currently in the period after Crisis on Infinite Earths ended, when the New Earth formed from the fusion of the five surviving Earths—Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Four, Earth-S, Earth-X, and so on—gradually developed Parallel Worlds. This Earth-12 was only recently born. Simply put, we first went back from the Rebirth multiverse to the N52 Era, when Bruce became Batwoman in the new origin story, then traveled upstream from there into the current P52 Era."
".I don't understand."
Laurie's little face scrunched