... If this isn't a dream, then it's likely something much worse.

[ Not that he's too sure about that assumption, but it's not like he has the best opinion about this place. He does pinch himself to make sure, and the pain is sharp, real. So that rules this being a "dream". ]

Could it be possible that this is a realistic one? I barely remember the last thing we were talking about.

[ As if they simply drifted off. ]