Oh yeah, it's getting through, perhaps not so loud as the last time, but it's there. "Well, that's...different." He hasn't forgotten that night of drinking, how could he? But he hadn't expected any lingering effects like this. His brain processes and accepts that this is a thing. It isn't the weirdest thing that's happened to him in the last month. "Are you sure you want to do this in the sickbay, and not in the lab?"

He mimics Todd and reaches out to touch the Wraith's other hand. *Question is, can you hear me?*