Ksenia stood up. She crossed the room to stand by the fire.
"I see," she said. "The government of the United States believes
that the world is ending. And the two of you share in that belief?"
"Well, yes and no," said Keyes, looking to Sergei. "I mean,
I don’t think we’re either one convinced that it’s really the end
of the world. I shouldn’t have used that phrase. It’s needlessly melodramatic."
"And it lacks precision," Sergei agreed. "Perhaps it is more
accurate to say that world that we know will come to end. But that has happened
before, has it not, Ksenia Ivanova?"
