[ This is the wildest series of statements John has ever heard, and the bar wasn't low to begin with. For a moment, silence hangs. Then he rocks back on his heels, whistles low and impressed. ]

Okay, so, the Time Cube [ john that's not what it was called ] either changed the world, or birthed a new one, at the whim of its user.

[ That sounds really a lot like being God, but not in the way John does it. ]

I mean, honestly? Not a bad theory for what's going on here. Given the choice, I'd rather put my money on the offshoot theory. Like you've just made a... [ Some great empty space in his mind creaks under strain. ] A bubble. You said the sky was a tell?