[WOW when Wirt says the long version, he definitely means the long version. It takes Dipper a little while to reply too, mostly cause he's reading and rereading a few times to make sure he gets the full story. As much as he can.]
Wow. I'm glad you're okay. Or at least not hit by a train, okayness pending. It's hard to say because the Unknown sounds like some weird metaphorical purgatory but yeah, I'd say if you have a way home you probably aren't dead yet. Falling in a pond is a way less certain death than getting hit by a train, too, so you've got that going for you.
Did the tape have poetry on it or clarinet?
[Those sound like the sorts of things Wirt would be the most embarrassed about.]
HOLY SHIT WIRT
Wow. I'm glad you're okay. Or at least not hit by a train, okayness pending. It's hard to say because the Unknown sounds like some weird metaphorical purgatory but yeah, I'd say if you have a way home you probably aren't dead yet. Falling in a pond is a way less certain death than getting hit by a train, too, so you've got that going for you.
Did the tape have poetry on it or clarinet?
[Those sound like the sorts of things Wirt would be the most embarrassed about.]