"Yeah, that wasn't so long ago," he's convincing himself with that. Trying to anyway. He can stand up straight right now, blades steady under him, so that's progress. If he was a statue of a guy who knew how to skate, he'd be very convincing.

"Uh, it's going to be hard for me to hear you out there if you're not on the ice with me. Not tryin' to be the clingy new guy but I probably should cling to you today."