Well. That doesn't sound like a terrible option at all, does it.

Then again, he has no idea what actually prompted him to walk outside, except he doesn't feel terrible being out here. Minus the monsters swooping around out of the sky, at least.

And the scales, even if they don't really feel like anything at all. He lets her look at his arm, even as he says, "No, I definitely didn't have them before. Not even before I walked out the door." Unless he's missing more time than that. But he doesn't think so.

"You recognize them?" That's not exactly what she said, but it is what he'd like to know.