Of course, what he's failing to mention is that the thing wasn't put into him by people, that the experimenting came afterwards, but... he can't discount anything, here. What if the scientists found a way to infect more humans? He'd barely scratched the surface of his own situation and the extraterrestrial entity that had tethered itself to him.

It's a good question, though. He pauses, thoughtful and still a little tense by default.

"I don't know. With so many of us here from different times... maybe they found a way to jump through, too." A beat, as he can't help giving a dark chuckle, running a hand up over his face for a moment.

"I know the pieces don't quite add up. It just seems that there's too much in common around here. I mean, I've... seen other people out here, eating like this. Like they're so hungry they have to, like they can't stop themselves."

And then he's lowering his hand, watching Chloe again.

"....I think they might even eat from people, if they get desperate enough."