So to recap: Arthur has been startled by an insane clown laughing noise, heard John's voice for the first time in nearly a month, and then bumped into and been grabbed by the someone with John's voice, a thing which makes no sense on its face.

This is nightmarish!

"What the fuck," he says again, pulling away sharply, holding his cane like a weapon. He barely misses backing straight into a shelf full of plastic animal skeletons. "No, you don't-- John doesn't have a body. How- how- how would you be standing there."