Well, we can't have that, all things considered. How shall I not scare you, in the future?

[the shirt's easy enough to explain] Well, it is a reunion. Perhaps she meant it as a present, and was unable to wrap it before ... whatever caused her absence here.

[he's not naive enough to think she got stuck in the snow, but he's not about to outright tell Sarah he thinks someone murdered her, either. not just yet. she's edgy enough]

As for ... that odd thing. I'm not sure. What's a gun?