"I guess. Wouldn't want tot get sick, die, and turn into a ghost--oh wait," he said dryly, coming up out of the water, his...problem taken care of now, from the cold.

He reached for his wet shirt, catching it with the tips of his fingers, and struggled with it a minute as he shrugged it over his head.

Then he just looked at her, smiling, rather like he did while under Ember's spell, only now it didn't seem like he was only half there.

Looking slightly behind her, his eyebrows raised briefly, then he reached past her and snatched something up from on the ground, dangling it from a hooked finger.

"You, uh, kind of forgot something."

It was her bra.