He's considering bringing up the alternative when her question kind of throws him, and he only now realizes that she's taking him being in her dream surprisingly well. That, of course, could mean one of two things, so he decides to just go with it, surreptitiously glancing at the cat.

"Uh -- funny story." More like harrowing, complicated story, but close enough. "I kinda have this... ability. With dreams. And it's... going kinda haywire, right now, 'cuz I can't seem to control where I'm ending up." He shrugs, smiles awkwardly. "If you want me out, though, I totally get it." Shit, Galen, way to be disturbingly casual about invading someone's mind-privacy.