"Is there something you're trying to escape from?"

Yes. The frustration of drudgery. It's something we are all trying to escape from---why else would the concept of entertainment exist? But what if your escapade could shape the course of human experience---if not now or in the near future, then decades, even centuries into the future ... wouldn't that be something?
Not that that alone would have landed you anything, in all likelihood, but a lesson worth remembering: believe in what you say, and don't be afraid to give it straight.