"Yes. Only I never noticed it before. But there it is. If I grow a new hole in my head every time I meet a mutant who isn't you, I expect I will kill myself."

"Uh," says Sindri, slightly alarmed.

Oat winces. "Sorry. Don't worry about it. I don't like being alive that much to begin with."

"Uh???" says Sindri.

"That was also the wrong thing to say, wasn't it. Sorry again."