"You were..." He frowns at that, hating the idea instantly. Is this what would have become of a child like Michael in such a time? Hadn't it in a way where he was treated like trash and passed between one horrible foster parent and the next? It's not the same, and yet it bothers him to an uneasiness in his soul, sour in his stomach.

"What happens to your body then? In the future? If you had died trying to stop the meteor? I mean, I understand they're trying to save mankind but..." But it all sounds like madness and confusing and he's not sure what to make of any of it.

"Does that mean you saved mankind then?" Not saying what he's thinking. Before you came here. Because if he hadn't, what would happen then?