[Naberius rephrases his words into a whole new possibility, something nearly unfathomable. He'd thought it was all subconscious tampering, brainwashing or the like, but..]

Other self... Like us, but from an alternate reality? Like that theory about choices made.

I hadn't considered it quite from that angle, more like these were fiction they're trying to make reality. There's no promise of the countdown giving us answers, though...or even that anything will happen, really.