[Takes a second, but it clicks. Ellie raises her eyebrows, though, lets him talk it through, committing himself to the possibility. Yeah. Either he's a fantastic actor, or she has more than a measure of him.

She gives him a grim nod.]

It also said that touching people for a while cured that, but if nothing else works, I'll live with telling Dean I knocked the shit out of his brother.

[She flashes him a smile, a little reassuring, a little sharp. She's got him.]

I'm Ellie.