It didn't come off as rhetorical.

[He doesn't know how she got here. 'Punched a hole through the cosmos' is the first idea that springs to mind. He leans back, holding the board as far out of the way as he can manage with his lanky frame. ]

I do, but as you can see, we're in the desolate wasteland I created, so that gives me some right to lock myself away as I please.