"A year in this place?" He nearly stammers over the words, jaw worrying as he tries to process that. He knows he lost a year, but he also knows that Vasquez wasn't here that whole time. Somewhere in his head, he's gotten himself convinced he's stuck here when getting back to where it looks like he turned coward is important.

Not knowing yet how important it might be that he never gets back.

"So you think this is some kind of alternative thing? Like some weird thing like'd be in some book? I'm there and here? I didn't lose a year, Vasquez just got one extra?" Which is kind of what he's been told but most of it he just figures Vasquez is teasing him about because none of it sounds believable.