[What a way to say 'welcome home'. Honestly. Luke groans, but it's in a good-natured sort of way. If Jade is bitching at him then he's definitely alive.]

I just had to know if they were real. I'm not going to go crazy on them or anything, but...

[He rubs at his temple.]

What happened? I've never seen a book like this before. It's like the communicator in the Tartarus, right?