[ She's silent, for a moment.

And then she chokes on a laugh. She stifles it quickly, but good lord - she really needed that. ]

It's -- [ snerk ] -- not actually a worm. More like a bridge that connects two points in space. The hard part is getting the bridge to stay stable long enough for a person to actually cross it. If it works, we should be able to bypass the barrier and take everyone home. Or theoretically anywhere they wanted to go. Though that part remains pretty theoretical for now.