He's thinking along the lines of alternate universes as well, unless Sandy's from far in the future. Whether either of those are true, or it's all a cover-up and they are from the same Earth or dimension, the scenarios are disturbing in their own right.

"I'm from Gamagori, Japan. We had demons, not superheroes or magic, but the government hid it," he's hesitant to add the last part, but it should be said. "It's- it was 2017."