From somewhere behind Greg, there's a quiet horrified noise.

Unlike him, she hadn't even really known the word. She hadn't known how bad it would get. All her idly annoyed thoughts of the scientists trying to trick them- they fly right out the window as she comes into the room. Somehow, the fact that he's just a skeleton makes everything more horrifying. All his cracks and stillness make her go cold.

Behind her, Lion gives a low displeased rumble.

The way it shakes her down to her bones snaps Connie out of it. "Is- is he okay!?"