"I'm alright," Terrence said. "I'll be fine. Ella will be fine. Her brother is still in the hospital, though."
This wasn't really how he'd planned on bringing up the things he wanted to say. Not that he'd even planned what to say, he just wanted to make her think about certain things. There were a number of different ways he could push those buttons. He hadn't planned on doing it right now, had intended to wait until they'd had a little bit of fun today, but at least the topic was already there for them to come back to.
Less observant than usual, thanks to his mind's current state, he reacted very slightly to her slowed step, his own pace pausing briefly, but his mind didn't quite process it as a real reaction to what he was saying. "I think everything might be getting much more dangerous, soon. But that's as good a time as any to have an innocent little snowball fight, yeah?"