"Guess I've had a lot on my mind." Overstimulated, maybe, with the number of unfamiliar sights and smells and experiences he's never lived before. And Clem - she came outta her two year sojourn back home changed. What she's been through, that'd change anybody.

Maybe it's the difference between who she was and who she is that obscured the line between the Real and the Mirror just enough. Especially for someone who's never met the latter.

"Why would I not wanna ride with you?" he says with a faint lift of his eyebrows. "You've been pretty all right this whole time."