"If it was all in your head, wouldn't you imagine Jason instead of me?" Eddie asks in return, without a trace of malice. It's a genuine question, even given what he's learned of Chrissy, and he's not accusing her of anything. Jason is her boyfriend and even with Eddie's cynical eye, it's always seemed like they were in love, though he's never understood it. Jason Carver is a complete dick.

Realizing it's not really a fair question doesn't unask it, though, so Eddie does the next best thing and pinches his own cheek. Hard.

"Ow," he says. "I feel pretty real to me. You wanna give it a go?" He leans in, offering Chrissy his cheek, hoping to make see a hint of that smile she'd given him in the woods not too long ago.