Funny, how the people who like him don't seem to want to hurt him. There's a kind of logic there, but to Josh it's frustration because the hallucinations who very much don't like him also refuse to hurt him. Physically. They can do more than enough damage emotionally.

The squeeze makes him slow his steps and look down at their joined hands for a moment.

"..Well, I don't need anyone to hurt me right now. I'm fine. ....For once." And with Adia not making any more outbursts into the fog, Josh hopes she's doing alright too. Though, she'll feel Josh tensing when she mentions Chris. He's forgotten he was the one who brought it up. But he's been gone for a while. Too long. How does he explain Chris to anyone else? Losing Chris was worse than losing a limb. He's been with Josh for so long.

He's..

"My best friend. I've known him forever. We're....really close. Closer than anyone." It's a start.