["Awake" was a highly relative term. She was conscious, yes, and even mostly awake of her surroundings.]
[But her skin was pale--not deathly so, like Kon kept envisioning, yet still enough to be unhealthy--and there were lines beneath her eyes where the exhaustion had taken it's toll. Her eyes were glassy. She stared at him blankly for a moment, as if trying to remember who he was. Kal would see the moment everything finally registered, because she turned her body fully to face him.]
How is he?
[He would have to forgive her lack of a proper greeting that day. Priorities were clear, on both their parts.]
action; SOMETIME during the event
[But her skin was pale--not deathly so, like Kon kept envisioning, yet still enough to be unhealthy--and there were lines beneath her eyes where the exhaustion had taken it's toll. Her eyes were glassy. She stared at him blankly for a moment, as if trying to remember who he was. Kal would see the moment everything finally registered, because she turned her body fully to face him.]
How is he?
[He would have to forgive her lack of a proper greeting that day. Priorities were clear, on both their parts.]