[ The connection ripples: amusement. He tries to form an image, a feeling to send of his fingers between Nikolai's fingers or running his side. It comes through as a muddy, vague sense of rifling along a surface--skittering maybe. ] 

I dunno if I like it better than the Fog. We never felt ourselves being remade...but I never felt complete when I woke up there. I can't say if this feels better than last time. We should...we should try to cut it out, honestly. 

...Did you ask Alina to do it? Or did she ask you?