[Surprisingly, he chuckles.]

You are. But I would rather focus on this than what is happening around us.

[But ah, the question itself is rather difficult. He's quiet for a few moments, considering it.]

. . . I suspect there is no right answer. But more than that: I suspect lingering upon it will drive you mad, for there's no way to know. What happened happened; make your peace with it, because there is no going back.