At least there's the possibility that he can talk now. It's not so bad being an air spirit in a skull if you can talk, but when even THAT is taken away - most of the advantages go straight down the toilet.
This is accentuated when a freaking
EARTHQUAKE shakes the whole freakin' bar and rattles said spirit-in-a-skull along the top of the bar, boney teeth chattering along as though it was cold in the place.
Bob is fortunate not to have fallen off.