"What?!" Guy shouted. "I can't hear you! My ears are still ringing!"

His hearing was pretty sensitive. Not like Eep's, which was almost animal-like but about as good as non-caveperson human hearing got. That explosion had been loud and even thought this was a dream, the dream was making his body react like it would in reality.

He looked out at the shadows moving around the edges of where they were and his face fell.

Without knowing it was what Howard had said, he shouted, "I'm sorry I led them here! I was just trying to get away!"