['At least she seems happier,' he thought as she attempted to snap his neck. Hardly the roughest he'd ever been treated, though.]

R-Right now? Prolly the islands. [He tried to stop the shaking and steady himself in one spot so he could think straight.] This is a dream-type place that people show up at sometimes before they end up there. It's all kinda weird. But if you show up there, I'm sure you'll see him!

[He softened a bit at some of the words. A girl had called him nice? Big win.] Oh yeah, he mentioned some of that, and talked about circuses and stuff. I should have him read my fortune sometime for fun. I'd... say we're friends?

[We wasn't sure what Molly would say. They didn't hang out daily or anything. But he thought they were on good enough terms that it was fair to say. They definitely weren't enemies.]