"You ain't got to leave," Bill said right away, making sure she knew that wasn't something he was thinking.

"I would appreciate it, though, if you didn't do the teleportin', or mention the bein' from another world thing t'folks."

There was apology in his voice, and he offered an explanation to go with it.

"S'just, we had some troubles here not too long ago, an' folks... somethin' like that might scare 'em."

It took a lot of hard work putting Wheelsy back together, and Bill doesn't want to see that undone. He also doesn't want Clarice to run into any troubles, either.