可是,当他们回家时候遇到什么了？

But what happens when they return home?

youdao

今天，他们回家了。

Today, they return home.

youdao

接着，他们回家了。

They then returned home.

youdao

They can pretty much pack it up and go home, because everyone's going to think they're ridiculous, no one will believe what they say, and it's a stupid idea anyway, is basically the gist of this conversation.

他们就可以打包回家了，因为每个人都会认为他们很荒谬，没有人会相信他们的说法，这是个很愚蠢的想法，这就是他们当时谈话的大概意思。

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I will tell them you have to go home tonight, go into your own bed and when we came back in the morning, we will be almost in Japan.

我会告诉他们今晚回家，爬上自己的床睡觉,当我们明早回学校的时候，我们差不多就到日本了。

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What if they went home and they turned out to be assassins?

那万一他们回家后，结果成了杀手呢？

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