“Ours and probably a bunch of others,” says Richie, with a shrug. Multiverse theory is not something that was taught at Derry’s middle school science classes. “But it’s just—same old, same old, right, if you think about it? Because we’re what bled through even before this apocalypse bullshit went down.”

He shrugs.

“I didn’t get a chance to ask what they meant by it,” he says. “But the world hasn’t exploded, so I’ll take it as a win.”