No. You don't understand. You weren't taken a year ago.

[ He sounded grave, and he felt sick, like his whole world had tilted and gone off balance and it had nothing to do with space. ]

We've been- you've been there the whole time, we've--

[ But his words stuck in his throat every time and he tried to find the surveillance equipment that must be watching them, right now. There. That was probably a camera, even though it was unlike anything he'd ever known. And there-- ]

This isn't possible.