[ He says so and therefore it's true; that's the sort of confidence typically exudes in his speech, although it's a little more thoughtful, now. ]

It must have been otherwise, but it feels like I've always been here. Sorry, I don't think I can answer your question with any more clarity than that.

[ There's not "getting back" when he'd never left, after all, and he can't answer where he's been if he'd never gone anywhere else but here, to his incomplete awareness. ]