Alive, maybe. Okay? Oh, most definitely not.

The fairest girl stops her panicked flailing when she registers another's voice, though so overwhelmed with the sudden presence of sound and touch and sight where there had been none for what seemed like an eternity, the timekeeper's words remain beyond her for the moment. She stares at him with wild, terrified eyes, and it's only between short, quick breaths that she manages to whisper a single word.

"What..." What happened?