They are real things. [One of them made him lose his shoe!]
Drunk, huh? [Is he considering liquoring up a teenager to steal his pearl? Of course not. He'll wait until Dean can suggest it so he can say it's a horrible idea and then they can go do it.] At this point any information helps. Deanna was trying to sense for strong emotions while she was here, but just because someone has a strong emotion doesn't mean they didn't always or that it wasn't just caused by something.