[You know what is super not great during a massive storm like this? Losing sight of the person you were walking with, entirely, so that instead of heading quickly back to the relative safety of your own home, you're stuck wandering outside trying to find them again.]
[Granted, after a few minutes of this he does start to wonder if it isn't another situation like before, where rather than being lost that person'd returned back home.
But he's stubborn enough to keep looking a while longer. Which means, well, saying he's drenched is probably putting it lightly.]