[ Zack starts to shake his head before he ends up stopping halfway. There's another moment when he really wants to put his hand on Zell's shoulder. When he really wants to ignore his warning from before, but doing that might make things worse for Zell. So, he holds himself steady. He doesn't take another bite from his food though. ]

...Maybe it is. Or maybe it isn't. I couldn't tell you one way or the other. But that's exactly why we gotta treat it like it's real. Because we don't know for sure.