[He nods slightly, thoughts too far away from the present, but making an attempt to focus.]
Yes. Inside, I was... going...
[Somewhere. Any building will do at this point, standing here even this short time making him feel noticeably colder. It shouldn't be this difficult to walk towards the next accessible shelter, but his concentration on it is lost as her expression slows his movements even more. She looks close to crying, a reflection of emotions he refuses to show himself, but he gets ever closer to that point; Connie's name spoken aloud is like a knife in his chest, stopping his heart. Alex's hand is barely warmer than his, but Connie's skin had been hot, almost feverish when Marco had last felt her under his fingers, possibly infection setting in from... Even his more rapid breaths feel cold as he exhales with too much of a shudder for his liking.]
No, she... N-no.
[The stutter can't be attributed to the cold and he forces his stiff fingers to tighten around Alex's and pull slightly, determined to at least make it off the street and out of the snow before he breaks down any further.]
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Yes. Inside, I was... going...
[Somewhere. Any building will do at this point, standing here even this short time making him feel noticeably colder. It shouldn't be this difficult to walk towards the next accessible shelter, but his concentration on it is lost as her expression slows his movements even more. She looks close to crying, a reflection of emotions he refuses to show himself, but he gets ever closer to that point; Connie's name spoken aloud is like a knife in his chest, stopping his heart. Alex's hand is barely warmer than his, but Connie's skin had been hot, almost feverish when Marco had last felt her under his fingers, possibly infection setting in from... Even his more rapid breaths feel cold as he exhales with too much of a shudder for his liking.]
No, she... N-no.
[The stutter can't be attributed to the cold and he forces his stiff fingers to tighten around Alex's and pull slightly, determined to at least make it off the street and out of the snow before he breaks down any further.]