That's right.

[He doesn't even need to play it all back. He remembers it all vividly. It's how everything began. At Nier's question, he shakes his head.]

Beats me, kid. I don't even know where to begin with all of that. I feel like we can spend a lot of time asking ourselves about this and never get anywhere. I'm not inclined to lose sleep over it.

[Hah. Get it. Lose sleep. Because they're already dreaming.]