"Yeah, I'm okay." They look around the kitchen car, glad nobody else was in here to witness that. Or to listen in to this explanation. (No. You can't pop out like that and not let me explain, Asset. No. He's just grouchy, go ahead, pal.)

"So." They set the eggs down again and lean on the counter, both hands. "I'm not. Alone. In my head. There's three others in here. That was the Asset. It. Doesn't come out much, so it took me by surprise, there. Almost as much as it took you."