[ now that had been confirmation emma hadn't expected: her finger makes contact with faraday - actually faraday and not the cold, ghostly air she near expected. she's not sure what he is, what she's touching, but he's solid and there, and she looks completely bewildered by the discovery.

she's so startled, she doesn't immediately pull her hand away, but at his words, she draws back, glancing off to the side. ]

I just wanted to see, is all. I wasn't convinced if you were still solid like that or not.

[ and that had seemed a better way to test it than slapping him again. she knows better than to reach out and try again, but now with the knowledge that she's not just going to fall through him...that's incredible.

strange and new, but incredible all the same.

she doesn't react with the same open shock like she had the first time, doesn't ask him what he's done, because of course she realizes there's no way this is something he controls (she knows none of it, not really). ]

...has it made a difference?