[At first, he may look like a specter - or an illusion. If not for the fact that he's soaking wet and entirely too tired to look like a mirage. If Mikasa hadn't been hidden behind the door, he would've been content to simply collapse and sleep until he felt like trying to understand his circumstances...or at least until his clothes dried.
Of course, before he can even figure out where to begin, before he can ask how she is, even with that delay (wherein he too was rather astonished; wandering about all on your own for an undisclosed amount of time, growing more and more certain about imminent death and never seeing anyone familiar again might do that to you), she's mothering him. It's something he doesn't mind, for a change. He's relieved...if anything. Reluctantly so. She's acting entirely as she should be, which means she's...fine. Probably. Of course, Mikasa's the type of person who'd use her last breath to ask him how he's feeling, but for now it's sufficient in many ways.]
I'm alright. [He moves to grab her hand with that, but hesitates. His hands are frozen, his fingertips hardly able to move, even. Now's a bad time to entwine fingers.] What about you? It's -- warmer in here.
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Of course, before he can even figure out where to begin, before he can ask how she is, even with that delay (wherein he too was rather astonished; wandering about all on your own for an undisclosed amount of time, growing more and more certain about imminent death and never seeing anyone familiar again might do that to you), she's mothering him. It's something he doesn't mind, for a change. He's relieved...if anything. Reluctantly so. She's acting entirely as she should be, which means she's...fine. Probably. Of course, Mikasa's the type of person who'd use her last breath to ask him how he's feeling, but for now it's sufficient in many ways.]
I'm alright. [He moves to grab her hand with that, but hesitates. His hands are frozen, his fingertips hardly able to move, even. Now's a bad time to entwine fingers.] What about you? It's -- warmer in here.
[Good job, Mikasa.]