Tom smiled hesitantly in return, ducking his head to peer at the goop. "It-yeah."

He never thought he'd miss the voices in the back of his mind. But it did get lonely, after never being alone at all.

"Are you ok? I mean, do you have anyone here? I keep asking stupid questions, I need to remember to not do that, sorry. I'm Tom."

Mouth. Brain. Filter. He needed to figure out how that worked again.