He didn't think it would work, so he's not particularly surprised that it flopped in the air between them like a dead fish. He's hardly one of the hardened criminals Alex might have had lying to him before.

"Alex." He sighs. "Your spine was severed. You'd lost one eye, possibly both. Hearing, as well. The hand...it was just about the only intact thing left." He's going to not mention the face, though he figures Alex can figure it out.