Sam blinks down at himself as the girl runs through him and grimaces. "Okay, that's...not going to stop being weird." The butterfly avoiding him, on the other hand? That was interesting. "We must be putting off some sort of energy field. Humans don't seem to notice it, but the animals do. Or insects do. That's...kind of fascinating, actually."

Yeah, seriously. Sam's just not going to threaten Howard. The rest of what's happening is just too weird. "Kinda wonder if other animals notice it as well. That said, we might wanna get off the sidewalk and just...try not to be run through again." It didn't really feel like much, but it was just so wrong.

"You're...probably not dreaming, though. I mean, unless we're sharing a dream. Not impossible, but it usually requires that you know about it." Not entirely, of course. "Where were you before you were here? Out of curiosity."