"No, of course not. No way he toughed it out on the crumbs and crackers the engineering staff left be--" Nope, he can't. He's wheezing too hard, his head drooping to lean against hers. Helplessly laughing.

"Sorry - I'm sorry. It just..." In the face of everything. The weirdness, the icy weather, the fact they're here. It hit him in a way he hadn't expected.

"Oh don't say that, you're going to set me off again."