[Not this person. Obviously. There's a little frustration in what tone comes through in the response.]

Sorry, I'm just looking for him. He usually responds right away but I guess I can't-- find his mind, exactly. He's from my world, he came with me here. He's my boyfriend.

[It always sounds so dumb to say the word, but it comes out with no hesitation at all, right now. Lyall is too unsettled right now to care how dumb it sounds.]