I suppose that makes sense. I can't imagine that it's something everyone is used to.

[He doesn't seem very rattled by the concept, however. Many things have been upsetting and confusing about this place so far; so much so that "I'm dead" from a person who otherwise seems benign is hardly going to worry him.

He smiles up at the other man, fussing a bit with the slipping hair clip before it manages to escape him for good.]

You didn't seem very comfortable out there. Are you lost?