He'd anticipated an attack, and got about the same kind of recoil he himself did. Joey stared, unblinking, trying to anticipate a move that would be reason do jump and...possess a giant cockroach? Bug? He wasn't sure what he was looking at or–

Wait. Is that a tiny guitar?

Joey's face washed over with confusion, and with a blink, the darkness left his eyes, clear and white again. He frowned, his own head starting to tilt. With the initial panic starting to ebb, he could begin to frame this encounter in with what he knew about Exsilium. And if he knew anything, it was that it wasn't just people getting dragged into things.

So in this case...