"Yeah... One of the reasons I was bandaging it was to muffle my hearing a little; try to balance it out."

[Just like that, he's starting to lose his appetite as he nudges his plate away.]

"So looks like we both ran into trouble, last night. It was one of those mirror monsters for me... It said some stuff I didn't want to hear, taunted me into taking a swing at it. And that's how I ended up like this.

Not sure if I want to balance my ears out or not. It'd take care of the weird hearing if I did, but... Not a fan of not having control over my body."