[ Please don't say panties. Please don't say panties. He is not mature enough to deal with any of this and saying it out loud makes it even more real. Or something.

And sorry, Lux, if you were hoping for natural, you're.... definitely not getting it because the moment she starts dragging him towards the front door, he digs in his heels, his eyes going even wider. ]

What are you doing? [ His voice is a frantic hiss as he tugs on his arm, trying to free himself in vain without being too rough with her, because that would be worse and how did he end up here? ] I can't go in there! That is not a store for... for people like me! [ What that means, exactly, he's not going into detail over at the moment, because really, he's running out of coherency here. ]

B-besides! If they're missing, then they're not here anymore. R-right? So we should go look somewhere else!