[But she's trying to smile, trying to be glad for what she has, for the fact that not all of Corrine is gone, even if he's someone different now. He won't call her out on the lie that he can see in her eyes. He smiles back, not quite as brightly, though he tries not to let it be sad.]

Yeah... I'm still not sure I understand it exactly, but yeah, that's pretty cool. Corrine did something no one's ever seen before.

[He pauses, letting Corrine have that moment, then he rubs the back of his neck. His eyes lose focus as he loses himself in a thought.]

I wonder if we should give Martel a new name...