Wei shook his head at the news he was treated as a source of entertainment by the high and mighty.

‘I need to somehow get myself out of this.’ , he thought as he walked out of the tent but he was not thinking of the snoring Tibs while he meant it.

‘I need to get back home.’, he yelled in his head while he sat by the smouldering fire.

‘I have so much to do. I can’t be spending my time here making a fool of myself to please some egomaniacs. Jinx, is there a way I can go home sooner?’

‘According to my current D grade authorization, no.’ Jinx replied.

‘So in 30 days I can go home.’ Wei sighed.

‘No actually you have spent almost 12 hours so you can go home in 13.999487049 days.’ Jinx proudly announced.

‘I think your math is off. Twelve hours is 0.5 days so I should have 13.5 days left.’ Wei exclaimed as he heard Jinx.

‘I can assure you my math is never off.’ Jinx replied.

‘How can 12 hours be 0,000 something days if your math is not off?’ Wei asked angrily.

‘Ahh that. It’s Earth days, not local days.’ Jinx replied.

‘What do you mean?’

‘Do you want a short version or long version?’ Jinx asked.

‘Both.’

‘Earth days and local days are not in the same temporal timeline 'would be the short version.’

‘This planet is made as a shell on top of a black hole with some special material that keeps the gravity from killing its inhabitants, but still keeps the time dilation effect. The time dilation compared to earth is 1 to 976. So one day on Earth equals 976 Earth’s days here.’ Jinx explained.

‘Did you get that?’ Jinx asked after a minute of silence.

Wei sighed, clutching his head .

‘Yes. I got it. So how much time did it pass on Earth?’

‘44.231 seconds, 44.232 seconds, 44.233 seconds, 44.234 seconds, 44.235 seconds, 44.236 seconds, 44.237 seconds, 44.238 seconds.’

‘Stop.Stop it. I get it.’ Wei yelled in frustration.

‘F#$% hell. So what does this mean for me? How many Earth years must I spend here before I can go home?’ Wei asked in exasperation as the new information blindsided him completely.

‘Hmmm. 37 years and 5 months approximately.’ Jinx replied.

‘I will be almost 60 years old by then. My bastard uncle will probably die by then. No wait for my uncle, only 14 days will pass. I will be older than that bastard by then. I swear to god if I get out of here I will find the person who put me here and drill him a new hole.’ Wei yelled. As a child of a socialist country he didn’t really mean that about god. It was just something he picked up from his American friends.

‘Well, if you earn a lot of karma you can reduce that number by a lot by upgrading me.’ Jinx replied.

‘Ohh, ain’t that swell. So to get home when I am forty I have to kill 30 people. To get home when I am thirty I have to kill just 300 more. No biggie, no problem at all. Go f”#$ yourself you piece of shit AI. Or better yet go f#”$” your maker.’ Wei yelled.

‘There is no reason to be rude. There are plenty of worse people on this planet than those three so I am sure you won’t have to kill 300 people to get home by thirty.’ Jinx reasoned.

‘Yes, I am sure and they will offer their neck to me willingly I suppose. Should I ask them wil you let me murder you so I can upgrade my AI so I can f“!#”!#ing go home.’ Wei said, oozing with sarcasm.

‘No. I don’t think that will work. You have to get stronger and kill them with strength. I doubt they would let you kill them so you can upgrade me.’ Jinx proudly advised.

Wei massaged his temples.

‘I should have named you Moron, not Jinx.’ Wei replied.

‘You can change my name anytime, but I would prefer something a bit less dubious.’ Jinx advised.

‘I give up.’ Wei said as he stood up and walked to the tent to lie down at least. If he could not sleep he could at least rest his back.

‘Hey Jinx. Can you filter out Tibs’ snoring from my hearing.’ Wei suddenly asked.

‘Done. Should I add a filter to your sense of smell also?’ Jinx asked.

‘Why? Ohhh God damn it Tibs. Do it. Do it now Jinx.’ Wei ordered.