The over-familiarity and term of endearment don't particularly bother Josh, though he doesn't really acknowledge them either, too caught up in his own thoughts and questionable perceptions. So it's a mystery to both of them, and it might still be a trick, or a withdrawal hallucination, or something. Whatever.

No point in worrying about it. Josh has plenty of other things to worry about.

"Great. Well, I hope whoever arranged this is filming it all. I bet we're prime material."