It's nothing you need to worry about. Dreams don't mean anything. I probably just had too many sweets before bed. [he's not about to admit what he thinks that dream means.]

...[This is more awkward than he anticipated. He never did think about what he would say to Madame Red if he'd had the chance. He doesn't know, does this incarnation of his aunt remember the Alley, the knife, the circle on his eye...] Are you well?