He almost laughs. She's got that thing going on with her face. You know, the thing where she's curling her lip like an Elvis impersonator, but looking at him like she can will the ground to open up and swallow him whole.

"Nothing," he says, and it comes out slightly annoyed. He's always teetering between the two with her. Amused, annoyed. Confused. Terrified. Excited. Okay, so there's a few more emotions than two. "Aeryn, I didn't do anything. I was just walking, and this place showed up. I thought maybe it was normal."

How the heck would he know? Weirder stuff has happened.