"Oh. Well. Thank you."

"I mean I also killed you.  Like... I know you don't want me to... something, but—it's not like you would have died otherwise.  It's—a pair."

"I mean, sure, it's a pair, so taken as a pair the end result was that I got to know you? So, can't complain."

"If you say so..."  He presses his forehead more firmly into Jake's neck.  "It's really dumb that ghosts can get nauseous...  Like, I can't throw up, not even ectoplasm...... With hyperventilating it's at least like... I'm already usually breathing.... or at least a facsimile..."

"Oh, yeah, that is really dumb." Pet pet. "—do you actually breathe? Like does air go into your lungs and then out? ...do you still have lungs?"

"I'unno.  Doesn't feel—h—homogenous, when I stick my hand in there."

"Oh it feels like something, I—didn't realise. Wow."

"Pretty sure I'm not moving air though.  Else it'd make me feel worse now."

"That makes sense." Pet pet.

...pet pet?

.......eh, sure, whatever. Pet pet.

Eventually Jeremy apparently feels well enough to go vertical again.

"...When I feel better, do you—want?—to see whether you can feel if I have organs?"

"...if you want me to?" Why would Jaeha—no, Jake, Jaaaaake, come on you've been doing so well—why would Jake want to know this? It was just a thought.

"—No, no, it's just—it's really weird, and I didn't think you would, but—you seemed interested, and—it looked like you.... thought it was—cool, with the arms—"

"I do think it's cool, but I was just, like, a bit curious? And it sounds like it might me uncomfortable?"

"Yeah.  I don't want it for me, but, I thought—I didn't think you would want it but I thought if you did, I don't know, you might not ask for it, or something."

"Oh. No, I'm fine." And not really into just randomly doing unpleasant things to Jeremy for no reason.

"Sorry."

Whyyyyy is he apologisingggggg this is not a productive line of questioning and Jake knows the answer. He'll just tilt his head and make a very obvious "you don't have anything to apologise for" facial expression but then say, "Anyway, what else do you wanna do tonight?"

"...Continue to attempt to lessen my debt to you?"

"...okay..." What the fuck does he have to ask Jeremy to get rid of this shit.

"........Do you want to do some more sex stuff?  Now?"

He stares at Jeremy incredulously. "...no, not that."

"—Sorry.  I—sorry."

"You don't have to be sorry. ...but, like, why—I mean, unless I'm completely misreading you and you actually want it? But you don't look like you do??"

"I think... there are some things we could do that I could want.  Only if you also did."

"Uh... huh? What are those?"