Ned's glad that Jesse doesn't want to know the details, because one of the worst things about the whole experience is wondering if Galen saw what was in his head: saw and remembered. Maybe (and Ned is praying that this is true) it's like Jesse turning into a wolf. Maybe Galen has turned into this thing and when he turns back into himself, he'll have forgotten all of it. If that's the case, Ned thinks, he'll be able to forgive him without a second thought and move on. He probably would have been having some kind of nightmare, anyway.

But if he does remember, it's going to be a different story.

Ned really doesn't want to get Galen in trouble, but at the same time, it's getting harder and harder not to just tell the truth. He wishes he could confide in someone, and Jesse is already here, asking. There is a long, heavy silence before he speaks, looking resolutely down at his hands.

"Different was... someone was in my head, watching it. Causing it, I think, or at least making it worse." Ned bites the inside of his lip. His voice is only just audible now. "Different was waking up with Galen on top of me."