[ Ned can hear how labored Jesse's breathing is, feels a spike of fear as he wonders if there is something wrong with him. There hadn't been a sign of any wound, but who's to say there isn't some lingering damage? Or is it just a panic attack? In any case, he needs to get Jesse somewhere safer than these woods, and soon. He wraps an arm around Jesse's shoulders, asks quietly ]

Can you walk?

[ He points them in the direction that they came and starts leading Jesse out of the woods, making sure to go as slowly as he needs. When Jesse asks if he's okay, Ned feels his throat go tight again, the pendulum of his emotions swinging back towards sadness. He can't find the words, but it's all there in his face: how low he'd sunk when Jesse had died, how hard it had hit him, how very not okay he would be if it weren't for the fact that Jesse is back now. ]

Yeah. I'll be okay.

[ It occurs to him then that he should clue Jesse in to the state of affairs. His voice is rough as he recounts the basic facts ] Everyone's back to normal. No more monster mash. Lotta people went missing, though. Galen and Kenzi... they'll be fine when we get back. I don't know if anybody told Bruce. We all kinda- [ He doesn't know the right word. Shut down? Slunk off to their separate corners to lick their wounds? ]