[There's no hint of recognition, and it further cements it. That this Oscar has no idea who he is. He must be fresh from Remnant. He remembers the last time Oscar had come from Remnant, and that he was black and blue with injuries from Salem. He remembered pulling him into their livingroom in Deerington and forcing him to sit while he cleaned him up, tried to coax out of him the story, and finding all the ways Oscar kept himself guarded.]

[He remembered thinking not so long ago how worried he had been if he ever went back. If the Oscar that returned once more would still be Oscar.]

[Oscar changes his grip on the Long Memory and Dipper swallows.]

This is called the Grove. It's- I'll be real, man. It's a long story, but you're really far from home.

[He pauses, awkward for a moment.]

Town is this way, you don't want to stay in the woods too long. I'll show you the Inn.