Are we seriously still on this flashback? We know where this is going, and we know all these people are traitorous crap stains. Let's get back to the plot.
Why would you want to return to your boring normal lives when you're living in fantasy land with infinite possibilities. I guess the modern toilet is kinda neat, beats wiping your ass wife leafs and sticks but when you have magical power and shit why would anyone go back to boring Earth.
There levels of EDGE and previously unheard of. I think we are breaking the scale on this one. Can one EDGE any more than this EDGE? The only way to find out is to go further, towards the EDGE horizon!