[With no response but an increase in dull pressure around his arm, that bit of shaking; Marco can tell that wasn't an answer she expected. Did it make any sense to Alex at all in her timeline? It's something to question later as other concerns take precedence. Once they've made it inside her apartment, it should be warmer, but it isn't.]
Alex-
[Whatever he was going to say leaves him. He'd been so focused on trudging through the snow and getting out of the storm that he hadn't noticed. When did this happen? Parts of her skin are almost reflective, with a purple tint, glass-like; his first comparison before he's reminded of the manna deprivation described to him. She's crystalizing, for one reason or another. Is it the same with him, is that why sensations are dull or nonexistent, and not merely the cold? As he moves to run his fingers over a section of crystal formed along the side of her face, it's evident the same crystallization has manifested in parts of his hand. None of this bodes well, but he finds his internal reaction to it oddly muted.]
... Is this...?
[Unsure how to finish that question, or even what exactly he wants to ask, he leaves it open.]
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Alex-
[Whatever he was going to say leaves him. He'd been so focused on trudging through the snow and getting out of the storm that he hadn't noticed. When did this happen? Parts of her skin are almost reflective, with a purple tint, glass-like; his first comparison before he's reminded of the manna deprivation described to him. She's crystalizing, for one reason or another. Is it the same with him, is that why sensations are dull or nonexistent, and not merely the cold? As he moves to run his fingers over a section of crystal formed along the side of her face, it's evident the same crystallization has manifested in parts of his hand. None of this bodes well, but he finds his internal reaction to it oddly muted.]
... Is this...?
[Unsure how to finish that question, or even what exactly he wants to ask, he leaves it open.]