[ Whoever this "Queen" is... that's not something Roland has heard of, but knowing the kid's from that other world helps him get his bearings. It almost makes him wonder whether everyone in that world lives in New York.

Questions for another time. ]

I've known others from that city, even visited it myself once or twice. Couldn't make much sense of it, but that's of no matter. This place seems more like Midworld than your New York, by my reckoning.