It's not going anywhere. it's knowledge.

[ that's the worst bit. it's not an assumption nor a theory. he was shown, he had seen it. ]

what I saw the day the aliens came to new york and then later -- I close my eyes and I see it. I can't make it go away. it always comes back. they will, too and I can't stop it. there's too many things I can't do.

[ he echoes something he told pepper a little after the alien invasion. ]

the man in the can.