Deirdre walked over rigidly while Kyran raised his hand to wipe away the fine sweat on her face with a tissue.

“Don’t be scared. I won’t force you to do anything against your will. We won't reconstruct your face if you don’t want to reconstruct it. It’s fine.”

Deirdre felt a surge of warmth from the prolonged coldness she experienced and said softly, “Thank you.”

She looked as distracted as before as Kyran held her icy cold fingers and tried to warm her up to the best of his abilities.

“You