"What?" Boober spat out, arms falling to his sides as he looked ahead, dumbfounded. "What?!"

How could this be possible- How had Sidebottom kept this from him for so long? How... How did he not remember a whole different life? How had Matt never slipped up?!

And... Goodness, Sidebottom was the one who was supposed to be out there, then. Not him. That- That was a shock. He felt faint, but he had to take things one step at a time. He just didn't quite have enough control to determine what the first step would be; he was frightened and confused and angry!

"Why do you always have to do this?!"