I'm sorry. I wish I could say it was a dream.

[But the squid thing is... honestly the lesser of the weird. Things just kind of get Weirder from there.]

That... depends. [Much as he hates to say it.] For some people, it can be. For me? No, I was definitely alive before all this. But my partner... he wasn't.

[Still awful to say! Horrible even! But this is their reality now. He'll deal with it.]