"I'm not freaking out, you're just saying gibberish I can't make heads or tails of." Yes, he is freaking out. Now he's consciously aware of that. Jade's hands on his are helping a lot like when you put blinders on a horse. Ugh, now he's going to picture himself as some horse she's trying to soothe.

"You could just treat this as if I've never floated before because let me tell you I do the opposite. People will go where is Dave? You'll have to say beneath the waves never to return. Gone. Finto. That's all she wrote and you heard the fat lady warble like a songbird. Wait. Shit you said relax." He takes a deep breath, then another, putting his focus into that.

Mostly to stop sounding and looking like an idiot. He mumbles about himself in between breaths, shutting his eyes but the mumbling tirade about his dumb continues.