[not looking at any of his #judging crowd, just hauls sam up against him to manhandle him towards the portal, white-knuckle clutching at his plaid]

Sammy. Sam.

[trying not to choke up in front of his audience, failing, the ush]

This is it. Small damn blessings you're not awake, I couldn't handle that look from you, too. Sammy, I did what I had to do.