"That sounds... either really creepy, or really cheesy," he says, trying to imagine it. It seems more cheesy than anything else in his own head, but he also knows he's probably not imagining it right, and he doubts he could think of himself as actually frightening in any capacity.

But either way, it's a relief, because if no one saw him, he can't be arrested. Valentina must know, if she's the one who... made him like this? And Mel. It would explain why they looked at him like they did.