[ Ned smiles faintly at Jesse's quip about the damsels. That conversation looks a lot different, from the other side. The two of them, talking about the politics of being afraid. Neither of them knowing how much worse everything was going to get before it was over. ]

Didn't get my normal powers back until after- until after they'd taken your body. [ He realizes halfway through the sentence that he probably isn't helping matters, talking about Jesse's corpse. ] Would've brought you back. [ And, by logical extension, would have killed someone else. Ned isn't ashamed to admit it. He would've done it without a second thought. ]

Galen's pretty messed up. [ Ned would like to sugar-coat that, but it's better that Jesse knows what to expect. He had only really caught glimpses of his housemate in the last few days, but they'd told him all he needed to know ] But he's got you back now. So it'll all be okay. [ They are coming to the edge of the trees, now. Nearly there.]