"Sir, you're in a hospital," Dexter said in exasperation. "Other than possibly the other patients, what in the world is going to attack you?" Hm, that might have been phrased better. "It was probably some kind of hallucination or flashback." Maybe he should speak with one of the doctors about it, before he left; Max might require special care, if these flashbacks or whatever they were persisted.

Somewhat surprised by Max's sudden interest, Dexter said without thinking, "I don't know, some woman Caleb had been dating before he met you. He apparently called her from your hotel room shortly before you gave him whatever it was that put him in the coma; apparently she's very upset about the entire incident." Understandable, but for once Dexter agreed completely with Madam; she couldn't be allowed to harm Max.