"Hey." Johnny watches him in growing concern. "It's okay, man. You, uh... you've been having kind of a weird existence lately."

How much should he share? He doesn't think this dream is set up to accommodate a whole breakdown.

"It's gonna be okay," he says. "It'll end. Even if it has to end badly. They all end."

Not very comforting, he knows. But at this point it's about all he can offer.