[ He gives a hollow little huff of a laugh. ]

We don't know. We've had no idea. I, I very much hope you were just— here, the whole time, a-and there's a discrepancy in how we've been perceiving time— it happens often enough, we've had multiple Statements with that kind of component—

[ He slows down. Tries again, even though it hurts. ]

The... the Not-Them. It replaced you. I broke the table, but— that didn't help. [ Putting it lightly. ]