[ the thing is, it doesn't. it doesn't match up, because as she explains it, his jaw drops a little, and he stares, his eyes huge and wide. aliens in your brain - the joke marco made coming back unsettlingly at the thought.

but it's similar. being one person fighting a danger only you know about. ]

So - jesus, these are aliens hijacking someone's body and brain? And no one would know. There would be no way to explain without sounding crazy.

[ much like back home. he rubs his hands over his head, staring at rachel. ]

But your shapeshifting - what does that have to do with it, is it like a - a side effect of them taking you over? Or is that just - something you can do, back home?

[ maybe she's from an earth that almost was. ]