"You with the logic," he says, and pokes at the desk again. She's right--other than disappearances, these things really don't seem to bother the kids as much. But he still worries. He can't help it. Because if it does happen, there's nothing he can do. He won't be able to do anything about it anymore than that other him, the one that had a kid with Kate, could do anything to help him other than send him off to some colony.