[That's... A question that shouldn't be as difficult to answer as it is. But he has to decide if he's going to tell the truth, and if he is, he has to decide just how truthful he's going to be. It's something he should've been already thinking about, but he's drained from being stressed out and so his thoughts are still scattered.
But he decides, for now, to go with the safest explanation that's still true, at least to some extent.]
I'm an FBI agent, so investigating murders.
[He hasn't done any of that in over two years now, and it isn't his primary profession exactly, but it is truthful. It feels like it might be best not to get into all the other universe-hopping experience just yet.]
Which, you know, I'd describe kind of the same way you describe working at a zoo.
[...Sort of the truth, but mostly a continued deflection with some humor.]
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But he decides, for now, to go with the safest explanation that's still true, at least to some extent.]
I'm an FBI agent, so investigating murders.
[He hasn't done any of that in over two years now, and it isn't his primary profession exactly, but it is truthful. It feels like it might be best not to get into all the other universe-hopping experience just yet.]
Which, you know, I'd describe kind of the same way you describe working at a zoo.
[...Sort of the truth, but mostly a continued deflection with some humor.]