He doesn't recognize any of the stuff in that pile, but he doesn't really expect to, either -- unless it's one of the consoles that he used for schoolwork, or watching media, then there's no reason he'd know what it is. The ship was full of consoles and panels and blinking lights and switches, but he never bothered to learn what most of them did. If he needed to know, there were manuals, instructional videos, and Rem.

Rem, who was apparently Shardik's mom too?

But before he can challenge that statement -- the older Vashes might be afraid of asking too many questions sometimes, but the little one doesn't have that problem -- the electrical feeling in the air gets worse, like there's a wire loose in the universe. He looks at Shardik with surprise -- is he really excited about the city disappearing? Isn't it a bad thing? -- but it's not like he can do anything to stop it, right?

"Um..." He peers over the edge, looking for Red Moustache, but the man's long since disappeared from view. Shame. "The hole."

He hasn't figured out the connection between the cities and the hole, but he's pretty sure that the rubble they first moved in next to and the other city are the same place. A city of white brick, and a rubble field of white brick? It's not a hard association to figure out. Does that mean that this city, with all its lights and colors, turns into a hole at some point? Or are these places even related to each other at all -- are they just four random locations that keep showing up in the same place?

Could be he'll never know. "What do you think it'll be?"