Technology that isn't from our world. I guess you could call it alien technology, too... but that makes it sound like science fiction.

[ Always assuming that Asuka's understanding of 'our world' was the same as hers, of course. She dropped her hand, as if suddenly realizing that maybe she didn't particularly want to recall the full memory of the attachment. ]

It couldn't be more than a couple minutes. When I took the tube out, the pain was awful -- but I'm pretty sure I didn't black out. And you're the first person I've run into.