Hey... come on, it's OK! Really...! [He sounded genuinely reassuring there-- wait now he's the one telling people to calm down??]

I mean, it was... at the time I was kinda freaked out. [OK he was getting better at articulating but he still enjoyed avoiding the er, actual subject of awkward.] But that was all because of the Zodiac effect right?

All of my bruises from that night have healed up for the most part I think, so how about we just-- forget about the whole thing? Pretend it never happened?