That answer makes him let out a little breath he hadn't noticed he'd been holding.

Well, here goes nothing.

Carefully, he reaches out towards the parasite on Darling's arm, blue eyes blazing as he reaches into the fog of his mind, trying to focus on something he can just barely feel there. It's difficult, and it's like fighting uphill, but -

There's a flicker of his image, for just a moment. Like the stutter of film being scrubbed. He gasps a little, panting with exertion and surprise both.

"Okay. Okay, I think I can...I think this might work...."