[ash doesn't realize that his asgard power is telepathy, and he's too knotted up and wrecked inside to really get that much through the fledgling ability anyway. he just thinks that this surety she won't hurt him, that she's trying to help, that this is interesting and important, that these are all his conclusions, not her thoughts leaking into him]

It rains here, often. At least lately. I can smell the dirt, it's more humid here. Might rain soon, actually, the way that wind is. Kind of cold.

[he bites his lip, chewing a place that's already a bit raw, thinking]

We're not far from the street, I still hear people walking. Your skin is tougher than mine, isn't it? I must feel very squishy to you.