[any scuffs and scrapes he might have from his own test aren't serious, or aren't immediately obvious. though, he didn't have to traverse Neverland just to reach the end of his.]

You remember that skateboard I had? Made us use it as a bridge to cross this canyon of lava while some asshole pit monster from the other guy's world was right there.

[he just had to traverse a piece of shit Unreal Air. which reminds him of something, as he reaches up again, removing one last trace of the Noodle Incident from Ryuji's hair. Dave's kind of completely worn out from the flurry of activity so far, and he's just running on the assumption that Ryuji might be, too — this is probably the most exertion either of them have managed in a while, since their previous space setting didn't really lend itself to the usual, casual RPG activities, aside from the gym. and it's not like either of them were hanging out in the Metaverse leveling up on Shadows, for ... reasons that are kind of his fault.]

[it's why, when he does let go of Ryuji's hand, he moves to drape an arm around him instead, not that keen on cutting off the contact. and Ryuji's free to lean on him if he wants, physically or emotionally spent or not.]

Still don't really get what the hell was accomplished there, but. Hey — can I ask you something?