"Alright, numero uno: I'm not a fucking nerd. And two... I don't fucking know if this is even real..."

His frustration is suddenly palpable, especially at the assertion of what else could it be. Mostly it's his brain flipping out at the very big ideas being floated here that are incredibly uncomfortable to try and fathom.

This is worldview breaking in the most dramatic way.

"Or maybe I'm dead. Yeah, maybe I'm in a steaming wreck somewhere... that would make more sense than magic being fucking real."