[It's also that confident 'not while I'm here' that strikes him as dramatic and a little presumptuous. The Alloran who'd just up and act like he was in charge in that kind of way is so far away now.]

<He probably isn't. Any more than I imagine your history doesn't include being infiltrated by parasitic aliens starting in, when was it? 1991?>

[It's probably better if he uses dates rather than 'years ago', after all, to avoid relative differences.]

<No stranger than how I ended up on the Rig, I suppose. Apparently this is just a general phenomenon, being taken elsewhere for uncertain purposes. And do people vanish here and are assumed to return home, as well?>