Gray nodded sagely, or what he assumed must have been sage-like. "Yeah, but look at what she says here--" He mimicked what he imagined Janis's voice must sound like, even though he already knew her and should therefore know what her voice sounded like.

"There are dead things outside!" He waved his hands and dropped his jaw in mock fear. Grinning at Frankie, he shrugged. "She probably just found some of that weird kid's snacks. I heard he eats roadkill and hangs the skins on his walls!"

He was mostly joking, none of this seemed very serious to him.