"Dream?" That gets him to pause a little, glancing over his shoulder. What's that supposed to mean?

More than that, though, is the fact that no one ever wants him to read them like that. Does this man even know what it is he's asking? "I can't - I don't know anything." He shakes his head fiercely. "I don't want to know anything. Listen, if you want my advice, you really shouldn't go back to wherever you came from." Maybe if he lives in a normal place for a while and stays out of trouble, that problem of his will clear up!

...it could happen!