There were more people who came and went. I'm not the Historian. I don't keep exact track of them.

[He shrugs, looking away from Dave to check the time. Oh.]

Cookies are done. Do you actually have oven mitts or did you not bother?

[Is he avoiding the question about "juicy goss"? Maybe! Don't worry about it. Don't worry about the fact that he probably has oven mitts in the bag too either.]