[Once released, he slowly and distractedly smooths out his jacket as he tries to put together the pieces of what just happened.]

Hey, it wasn't what it looked like! I...someone needed me for something so I was following 'em.

[He can't bring himself to say that he needed himself, because that would sound ridiculously crazy.]

But my vision got all blurry and I couldn't really see what was ahead 'cept for that person.