"Cool", huh? [...It's really tempting to make a joke here, but instead he lets it slide.] ...Well, I suppose I could understand why he might think that, at least in regards to the idea that our former selves would be terrified to know some of the things we've done or experienced here.
[Unless you were thinking of some other reason for why he would be terrified of you, that is.]
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"Cool", huh? [...It's really tempting to make a joke here, but instead he lets it slide.] ...Well, I suppose I could understand why he might think that, at least in regards to the idea that our former selves would be terrified to know some of the things we've done or experienced here.
[Unless you were thinking of some other reason for why he would be terrified of you, that is.]