[ He pulls out a bottle and two glasses, before taking a seat next to Holden, and pouring them both a healthy serving of the noxious stuff. He swallows and doesn't look at the other man as he tries to piece together what to say. ]

Alright, first thing is that - everythin' I'm gonna tell you is gonna sound completely insane. And I'm sorry for it. But that's just the way things are, here. The good news - the only good news - is that we're pretty sure there ain't any protomolecule on this station. So all the weird shit - it's all new weird shit.