[Oh man, had he said something wrong? At the same time he felt like he needed to ask, because their species just looked so similar, he thought it couldn't be a coincidence.]

Sorry.

[He immediately apologized for the question, even if he still wanted an answer.]

I don't think so? There's a lot of time traveling shenanigans going on here. Like, one of my best friends is ten years older than I remember him being. And, some people who are supposed to be dead are here but, they're like, not dead. I know I'm not dead, and Iggy isn't dead, but he's here. But then my BFF showed up and he was the same age as us, and then he disappeared and another version of him showed up way older and after he died...

[Which wasn't a good thought for him, but he was trying to explain this weird conundrum.]

There's a lot of timeline screwiness going on. As far as I can tell it's not an afterlife, so like, he's alive here.

[He shrugged a little weakly.]