"Uh—" Crapbaskets. "Y-yeah, I'm, uh, sort of from an alternate timeline? Which, I guess is an alternate timeline of an alternate reality where your world is concerned."

It makes perfect sense in his Briefs brain. He may have his father's fighting spirit, but unlike his counterpart, this Trunks's brain is hardwired more like this mother's.

"We built a time machine, tried to go back and stop everyone from dying. It worked, but instead of fixing my timeline, my interference in the past just created an offshoot— Another timeline where things didn't get as bad as they did in mine."