[ She smiles, and there's a little more warmth to it. Not for the topic, but she can hazard a guess on his thinking. It's not difficult to see he's earnest and fond of whoever he was looking for.

She would have driven her hand through much more snowmen if it could bring her sister back, if it could bring justice to her sister's death. ]

I'm all right. Seeing people assimilated was alarming. I... would hate to see that happen to myself. How is it for you?

[ Outside of his desperate search. ]