Ted's head snapped up at the voice, reflexive panic lessening with the realization that anyone responsible for him being here wouldn't have asked if he were new. They'd have been more likely to demand to know what he was doing on the floor and if he'd been thinking of escape, and they most definitely would not have been smiling...

The rest of the new person's appearance finally registered in his brain.

That was one weird-looking dude.

Ted nodded. "Yeah, I'm new," he said. "Dude, your eyes are red!"