"Uh. Yeah. Yeah, it d-did," he replied after a moment, "but there was the, the... the smell... dunno what it w-w-wuh-was but it felt like... like when mmmMikey spiked my d-drink, a-a-and... I was lost, and k-k-kinda worried. And then th-there was the cinnamon thing, and ih-it was... b-better. Yeah."
He jumped a little when Bev appeared beside him, and then relaxed against her. "Okuh-kay," he agreed easily enough, and then turned to look at her. "I missed you. Missed eh-everyone."