[ ...Adelis resists the urge to sigh, just from that alone. All these people and their love for apologizing for things far beyond their control. This time, however, he won't comment, merely idly flexing his fingers as the other's hand clasps over it. The touch of another, as usual, manages to somewhat fill the hollow sensation he's gotten used to.

Part of him...despises the idea of having to drag everything up to the surface. The first time needed no explanation- after all, he wasn't the first of their party to end up on the wrong end of someone's attention, and they knew from nature of travelling together alone. Where to start, after all, is the biggest obstacle.

Adelis lets the slow trickle of warmth under his cold skin harden his resolve, finally pulling his hand away from his face. ]

I suppose I'd better get this out of the way first, if I must- [ Perhaps it will get easier to parse, the more he speaks. ] Before I came here, I died. Not whatever I am now- [ The stillness of his skin and the lack of a pulse. ] but before that.