"Like how does this world just turn off our genetics and natural abilities?" She is applying steady pressure to her cut. In a few moments it will have stopped bleeding but the stinging will remain.

His casual admission of what could be done to him is nothing short of terrifying. It sounds so honest that she doesn't doubt for a second that some, if not all, of those things had been done to him. "I don't want anything bad to happen to you either, Winter. You're my friend." Whether he likes it or not!