VOICE
Oh... God. Really? You've got to be kid-- hah. [ Andy forces a laugh, but his voice is slightly tense. ] Wow, this place has the best timing, you know that? Wow. I mean it's great. Sincerely, it's great to be back, I was just caught completely unprepared. It's been like, months back home, I'll never really get used to the way time works around here, it's totally nuts.
[ His tone picks up a little, but it's obviously lacking the same enthusiastic energy it usually has. ]
Could be worse, though. I'm psyched it's been only a couple of days. What'd be worse than missing Halloween, right? And -- and, obviously, I'm not the kind of guy who really feels comfortable leaving without some kind of note or something, so disappearing from this place too long would not only worry my friends, it'd make me feel like a real jerk when I got back. And -- [ Pauses. ] I've got to... okay, anyway, I'm done. That is way too many words for "I'm back" when it'd have been way more efficient to just say that -- however impersonal -- except sometimes, you know, I just yammer on and on, like, right now I'm still talking, I'm not sure why I can't stopped talking. Uh.
[ There's an awkward moment of silence and then he disconnects. ]
[ His tone picks up a little, but it's obviously lacking the same enthusiastic energy it usually has. ]
Could be worse, though. I'm psyched it's been only a couple of days. What'd be worse than missing Halloween, right? And -- and, obviously, I'm not the kind of guy who really feels comfortable leaving without some kind of note or something, so disappearing from this place too long would not only worry my friends, it'd make me feel like a real jerk when I got back. And -- [ Pauses. ] I've got to... okay, anyway, I'm done. That is way too many words for "I'm back" when it'd have been way more efficient to just say that -- however impersonal -- except sometimes, you know, I just yammer on and on, like, right now I'm still talking, I'm not sure why I can't stopped talking. Uh.
[ There's an awkward moment of silence and then he disconnects. ]