"I--ahh jeez. Okay. Uhm." He didn't really want to recount the whole experience, having just started getting past the short-term trauma, but sure, this is fine, he can do this.

"You know that kid, Casey, right? Kid's, uh. A bit reckless. I saw him head into the carnival, and... well, I'm not the best choice, but I knew he shouldn't be in there on his own, so I went after. We got cornered by one of those things before I could find the way back out, though. You can probably guess at the rest, it wasn't exactly pretty."