Heh... as I was reading through this chapter I thought everything was moving too quickly and too smoothly, there has to be some twist coming up. (Which possibly reveals the initial chapters as setup and kickstarts the actual plot). Then comes the last panel that confirms all suspicions. Now I'm wondering if anything at all the Old Self has said is true, up to and including his claim that they're just in a computer simulation. (And the need for a simulation is still unexplained.)