"Oh. Right." So she needed a next-next of kin? He was still very confused and dazed and the fact that there was no immediate flare of hatred at the mention of a doctor, was likely a side effect.

He saw Del's mouth moving but didn't hear much of what was being said to him, most of it sounding like a muted trombone, à la any animated Peanut's special. What he did manage to catch clear enough was 'okies', and so he nodded. Reflex, mostly, since he had no idea what he was nodding in response to; it just seemed like the thing to do. So he did it. "Um. Yeah. Yeah, okay."