... Makes sense.

( He might be too frazzled over all this. His inhale is a little shaky, but its deep and it steels himself enough against his own nerves. )

All right. I guess I could start with the dream and. The guy I woke up with in my head, hah.

( He proceeds to tell that part of the story: his crawling up and out of a puddle after an intense and strange dream, now with a mask and an Oni. )

... Heh. Kinda weird to lay it all out like that.