Julian considers, then. The boy appears to be in his mid-teens--younger than he was when they escaped the control of the scientists that created them, certainly. So it may be...late 2000s, 2012 at most, he thought.

"Not entirely." They had created handheld devices, tablets--and even if they hadn't, Julian adapted quickly. They all did.

"More powerful computers, certainly are a bit larger. But it's hardly stone and chisels."