[Gat says nothing for a few moments, continuing to think back about his his encounter with Kono. Why does it feel like, back then, they were talking about something else that spurred that conversation? Something about a ... soch—]

[... Oh. That might be the reason why America went pale ... and it's why he was leading up to this theory, too.]

... It's th' nuclear war, ain't it? It's th' reason I brought it up.

Durin' that time, someone found a recordin' in City Hall an' played it back for us after th' town went back to normal. Seemed to imply what they made us live through really happened, 'least for th' ones who're originally from here.