N--No, don't-- d-don't be, b-because, he's-- not!

[Xanth talked to Ironhide a week ago. He wasn't dead.

Wait.

Ironhide wasn't dead here. Just because he wasn't dead here did not mean he wasn't dead somewhere else.

Xanth squeezes his eyes closed and puts a hand over his face. It's enough to make his head spin.]

Just-- b-back up, back, b-back up.

When... w-when was-- what--

H-How long... h-have you been a-- a-at th--the Shore?