"You might not believe me if I told you," Raleigh says cautiously, trying to test the waters. If they're not from the same version of the universe, he doesn't exactly want to sound like a crazy person when he explains what's going on.

"I'm a ranger in the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps. We stop kaiju incursions along the shoreline."

If he's from his version of the world, he'll know what that is. If not, it gives Raleigh some information to work with.