Oh yeah. [It's easier for him to talk about work stuff, easier for him to push away the emotional fragility of the woman he's next to in the face of their current situation. Whether she's a projection, a shade, or... something else. Doesn't matter.] Shooting myself in the head just sent me right back here. We've been working on it, trying to figure out what the formula might be for this place. None of us has been able to alter the dream.