He wants to believe that. He really wants to believe they can. Even if he hears Kate's laughter in his head, loving life with someone else. Even if he can still see Richie before him, dying because of Seth. Not still standing there before him, no matter what he was, because maybe that shit didn't matter as long as he was alive.

"You think those things? Are they just nightmares, or do you think they're like, I don't even know. Other worlds? Like in the movies? Alternative timelines?"

A timeline where Richie died, and he was alone.