[Restorer]

after all, ABM is set in the real world, and there are no Elves, Dwarves, or Hobbits

Not all of it was as real world as you might think. Goodly chunks of it take place pretty much just in his mind. N

[JenB]

Yeah, but his mind was set in the "real world", wasn't it? He didn't imagine Elves or dragons, just real-world things that weren't actually there. Kinda like our own tinfoilhat people, I'd say.