[he shrugs, then starts ticking them off on his fingers]

I've heard dream, some kind of computer simulation, something in between involving how we perceive things, that maybe this is some kind of sentient planet and it drew us here to help sustain it. [that last one is a little horrifying to him, a lot horrifying. he's really glad only one person he's spoken to has posited it] I'm not entirely sure which camp I'm in, anymore.