Before all this. [he makes another sweeping gesture with his drink] However long ago that was, at this point. [has he mentioned he's lost all sense of time here? either way] But yes. How will the ships come in off Lake Michigan without it? Assuming, of course, that that matters at all, anymore.

[assuming that this isn't some simulation, like in the Matrix, and it didn't just trip over its own code and fall to pieces, then put itself back together wrong when it came back online. that's one of his potential theories, too]

[either way] As for whether or not this is all coincidence ... [he shrugs, lazily. he's really not sure. it depends on which possible explanation for all of this they're pursuing at any given moment]