"Unless this is all some vivid hallucination I'm having, yes, I suppose I did just wake up here," the Once-ler responded. He highly doubted that. Even after all that had happened, he hadn't gone crazy. Well, except for that one point.... He brushed the thoughts aside, focusing on the matter at hand.

He straightened. "So where are we, exactly? Some kind of run-down one-star motel whose owners kidnap people and dress them in absurd clothes as a practical joke? What's the point of all this?" He gestured at the hall around them.

Well, if she said she was fine, the Once-ler wouldn't press the issue further. Good to know what ever she had wasn't contagious, though.