Ow... [It's a natural reaction, before she's even asked the question, but he doesn't flinch away.]

I... don't know. It hurts like a bad bruise. Two or three? I... felt stiff and sore all over, achy, I thought maybe I'd had the flu or pneumonia or something, with a fever. Ever since I woke up in the alley I've had that... feeling you get, after you wake up from being sick with a high fever, almost like you've lost...

time.

[He scrubs his face with one hand, letting her play around with his other arm still. Having lost a chunk of time is exactly what Balthazar described of being abducted. At least Rat is over his initial panic quickly.]