[He's already mourning the loss of what he could've done if he did survive. Yes, it was a win-win scenario. Well, not really, not like this, he hardly thinks they're inside the Transistor like he hoped - but if he had won that fight, the city would've been his canvas.]

[She might be incredulous, but the more he thinks about it, he's almost despairing. Regardless, she's alive. He's alive. Or maybe not. Maybe this is some afterlife he didn't calculate for.]

[How frustrating.]

...Hmmph. [He guesses at her question easily enough.] I'm not sure. I don't...know. I would very much like to know. I suppose our only option is to...find out. [Fuck around, though he's not actually so crass as to say that.] It seems we're...not the only ones, though. How very unusual. It's not just us.