He meets Charlie's confused gaze readily, and he doesn't quite get why until Charlie actually says it.
"Ah- right, that."
Because they don't look- different, as such, but it's like seeing through the mask. Eyes that seemed hazel and glazed back home are a deep, earthy brown shot through with gold - not yellow, a true and rich gold - like they've been stitched back together by hand, and a slightly manic sharpness of focus only adrenaline can truly bring to the fore.
"I've... been here for some time, now. When I arrived, John wasn't with me, so I was... able to see again. Then when he came here after me," with a glance back up at John, checking in with a quick look of concern, "I- suppose he was just given his own body, rather than shoved back into my eyes."
Re: arrival
"Ah- right, that."
Because they don't look- different, as such, but it's like seeing through the mask. Eyes that seemed hazel and glazed back home are a deep, earthy brown shot through with gold - not yellow, a true and rich gold - like they've been stitched back together by hand, and a slightly manic sharpness of focus only adrenaline can truly bring to the fore.
"I've... been here for some time, now. When I arrived, John wasn't with me, so I was... able to see again. Then when he came here after me," with a glance back up at John, checking in with a quick look of concern, "I- suppose he was just given his own body, rather than shoved back into my eyes."