[That. Was a lot to follow. Alastair shakes his head, his eyes closed for a moment as he tries to sort it all out.]

So... all right I know I didn't understand most of that but let me see... your ship was being destroyed, which was destroying the universe. So to stop it you went back in time and... got captured? But then you weren't captured, your friend was, and your other friend decided to protect his wife, and then you got her out? And then you... got to your ship because you needed to be inside the explosion which meant you died but then you came back.

[He is confused but a little awestruck.]

And you're not making any of that up.

[It's not a question. He knows the man's not making any of it up, he's just amazed that he isn't.]