Balthazar looks conscious, but he seems unable to get up. He does flinch at the touch, surprised, then reaches unsteadily for the archangel's wrist. "Raphael? I can't see. I can't see anything...!"

His vessel's eyes are wide open, temporarily blinded by either injury or the twist in spacetime. His trueform's eyes, by contrast, are sealed shut.

It's to his credit that there's more confusion than panic in his voice, but there's a little of both.

"Is the place still on fire? Do we need to move?"