Jamie jumped at the loud, sudden noise. "Nothing actually happened," he said, trying to reassure them. "I think he just...wanted me to be afraid. More afraid then I already was. And it worked...really, really well." He swallowed roughly again. "Once he got a reaction other than numbness or defiance, that seemed to, I don't know, please him, for some twisted reason. But he didn't take it any farther, and he didn't try it again."