He loosens his hug enough to make it easier for her to leave when she decides to. "I - Igotmytowntakenoverbyanevilcorporation. It. I. I got a radio signal from somewhere else, I didn't know where, there was really bad weather that day, and I sent an email to the source. And he listened to me and seemed to agree with me, so I kept emailing him and I - I asked if he could help. With Night Vale. And we kept talking and then one day there were yellow helicopters and I thought everything was going to be better but then suddenly Strexcorp owned everything and it wasn't better it was worse, and it turned out to actually be from Desert Bluffs and also be a Smiling God that was the universe unraveling. We eventually fought them off and got everything back to normal, but it was bad."
[SPOILERS FOR WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE UP TO EPISODE 49] Re: Thorn and Dotted Lines