Heh!! I'd much rather be a hero! If I could protect the people here without having to eat them, I... well. I would still want to go home. But I wouldn't mind waiting a bit. ... What I really want is to send a message back home. Let Tom and Maddie know I'm ok, you know? If I just... vanished without a trace, I know they probably turned the town upside-down looking for me.

[he looks away as he thinks about it, sadly. He can imagine Tom probably got the whole police force of Green Hill on search party. Put Carl's tracking skills to the test... were they sad? Did they lose sleep over him?

The sudden thought dominates his thoughts, pushing the happier ideas about ice cream flavors away.]