[Bridey, for its part, is doing a much worse job of slipping casually through the crowd and is instead just pressing forward slowly, forcing everyone to move out of the way of its bulk.

John is on his way to some anxiously smiling Jane interaction but has to stop and roll his eyes at Dirk first.]

If anything, you are the third wheel and I'm here on a date with my charming animal pal Bridey!

[The pal in question finishes its amble over to John and shoves its helmeted chin onto John's shoulder as John redirects his attention back to Jane.]

I uh...actually wasn't going to come, you know. But Dirk says this place is probably... [Don't say plot relevant, actually, reframe that, that's where the bad Dirk vs Jane feelings come from, isn't it?] ...uh, that it's old and full of secrets.