Well, fuck, I’m not gonna lie, it wasn’t like I was having a barrel of fun with spider-Stan trying to eat my face. But I didn’t die. [His hand darts up, as if to touch Eddie’s hand, but he seems to think better of it and raises it to Eddie’s shoulder instead.]

So you got scared and you froze up. Eds, that isn’t being a coward, that’s just being a normal person in a fucked-up bitch of a mess. [He huffs out a tired laugh.] I’m not gonna shit on you for that. Honestly, I’m surprised that we just had the one panic attack—I was banking on at least one more. Maybe from Ben.

[Or from himself, most likely. Unless you count trying to leave Derry, in which case that’s two.]