The upbeat attitude is immediately evident, and Nicky notes the difference. His own is somber; has been since he arrived. "I'm Nicky," he greets him, moving in a bit more so he's not hovering in the doorway. "What happened to you?" he asks, gesturing to him a little bit, moving toward the bedside. He doesn't like hospitals, not associating them with getting well, but with getting experimented on. But he's not trying to think of that now. (But even in those darkest times, he still had Joe.)