She allowed Nooroo to bring her over to Adrien, allowed him to pull her hand to his. When his fingers twitched, she curled her fingers around them and squeezed lightly.

A reaction of some kind. That had definitely been something, hadn't it? She wanted to believe that it was.

"Do you think he can hear us?" She didn't let go of his hand. "I saw a movie like that, once... but I don't know enough about medicine to know if it's something that really happens or not."