"I'm fine, hoss." It wasn't dismissive. It was earnest, and reassuring, and he leaned in a little.

"I-- I've got a hell of a story, for ya, but I'm fine. Just wish I could tell you the hows and the whys of it. But uh - I remember six months more than I did a few days ago. Well a few days for you - it's felt like half a year, to me--"