He's aware he's sharing quite a bit here, but it's still not crossing a particular line — keeping certain truths carefully padded beneath other truths. Besides, if he can maybe... help some of the people here, he... has to. He has to try.

"I know how it sounds, and maybe it's not the case, but... if the people who kept me were researching that kind of thing, maybe they experimented around with other people, too."

He doesn't want to freak Chloe out needlessly, but... it's a possibility, isn't it? Still, he tries to keep it as light as he possibly fucking can, offering a little smile.

"I don't suppose you had any experience with.... aliens in your time, did you?"