His stomach hurts. It's easier to focus on the sharp reality of the throbbing pain than it is to focus on the fact that he's in a strange place with strange people who have entirely too much information about him. Strange people who look at him with the kind of concern he's unused to seeing. Who treat him with the kind of care he directs at others.

Strange people who are Malcolm. He's thinking about Malcolm.

Malcolm, who's in the kitchen of B1 making them both tea while Neal sits on the couch.