Barrel looked at Carver too, just as confused for a moment, until he recognized Carver's spasms as laughter.

"Either she got a sudden case of squash bugs, or something's hilarious."

He shrugged his shoulders, as he couldn't see anything particularly funny when he and Agatha were just talking. Barrel turned back to Agatha, then glanced back down to his hoodie. He awkwardly hung back a bit, as he wasn't used to being this exposed in public.

"So, um...were you going to help me, or...?"