But given the whole context of this conversation? He didn't think she was joking at all. It seemed like too great a coincidence. Of course, Alice could be pulling his leg, but. Given her initial confusion over the idea of being a book character, it didn't seem like she was.

Zechs' eyes widened slightly. "I can't believe I can say which would be more disturbing - knowing I was someone's creation of fiction, or the idea that I'm presented with now - the idea that even simple stories have a chance of existing in some ... alternate reality."

But since Alice fell in the former category, he'd allow her the chance to say that she was pretty weirded out by this.