[ They are very clearly the same person. Changed in small ways, but with their core ... Martin-ness still intact. If this one is a monster, then it's much more subtle than just being a ghost or a Not!Them, that's for sure.

Martin makes a soft, distressed noise as he lifts his head a little. ]

I - I don't think it's a time space thing? Not that I. Have any idea what that feels like, just -

[ He raises one of his glassy hands. ]

It's the Lonely. And - and it's been happening for the last six months, at least.

[ So no, he's not okay. But he's not much less okay than he was before he fainted. ]