"I'm sorry for your loss," he offered, deciding it was high time to steer the conversation away from the personal relationships of the other him. "I was just curious, I guess." Looking away with a cough, he asked, "So, how did the demons win? And why are there zombies? Someone mentioned a virus, but I thought this kind of thing only happened in the movies."
Back when he lived in Lima, before Matt moved away, he would joke around with his best friend about how he would be such a badass zombie kicking machine if World War Z happened, but he didn't think he would be able to do that. He was just a kid and contrary to the stereotypes, he didn't know any super secret ancient kung fu and didn't have any super powers.
It was blowing his mind that it was really happening. And not only that, he was stepping into a life that the future him had vacated only a month ago. It was a trip and he would ask who drugged him, if only he didn't already know he was not hallucinating.