That gets a snort, "Hey, man, you never know. I saw a disgusting leper and there was this whole thing in a fucking creepy-ass basement where I couldn't save my mom from it. None of it was fucking real, but I gotta tell you, it felt real."

He trusts that this kid knows where he's going, so he's just going to follow and try to get the thought of that leper out of his head.

"Huh? Oh. New York. And Maine, I guess."