[Total knight in black and cardboard cut-out armor, he is.
He can't hear anything besides the constant whine, so he starts a little when Sebastian grabs him. He's relieved to see him though. Even useless as Sebastian currently is, at least Ciel isn't alone in handling the latest fall out.
But welp! Sinking is happening, his butler falling to his knees like a parody of his usual fealty pose. Which, if Ciel isn't so thrown by the surprise heat sauna to the face, wouldn't have been enough to drag him down. He slips in the water puddle at his feet, trying to get his balance back, but ends up falling into Sebastian's lap anyway.
Hello. Fancy facing destruction with you here.
There's ash matter all over his face, so it's not evident at first that his skin is starting to turn a bright shade of pink. It's still not evident when he yanks off the eye patch, the area around the corners starting to itch and irritate him. The skin beneath the eye patch is still a pale, milk cream white.
When he looks up at Sebastian, he's got a reversed face patch look going on and isn't aware of it.]