[what are you talking about?? "no thoughts, head empty" is the absolute best mode to be in and god he cannot wait to return to that!!!]

Well, mostly I came to make sure you didn't get left behind, but that sounds like a wonderful idea! Might as well weave some of them together when we stop for the night, ja?

[There we go, something else he can focus on. It's almost too easy to slip back into his usual persona, like nothing ever happened.]