Before the world ended. Well, that's intriguing, in a distinctly morbid way. Between that and the growing sense that she reminds him of someone, if only nebulously, he may not even need to down the rest of his Scotch to get through their conversation. He does sip at it, though, and looks into the glass as he swallows, his eyes lifting to meet Ilde again only after he asks, "What happened to the world?"