[He doesn't really like that curious look. Rhys offers her a weak smile in return, an expression that really says 'I promise I'm not hiding anything at all'.

This is going to go just fine.]

Uh, they buried us alive a few weeks ago. [That seems pretty traumatic, right?] And there was a snowstorm. All my joints froze over, it really sucked.

[Which affected him more than the whole 'half the people I know are buried alive' thing. Rhys isn't exactly much for compassion for his fellow man but hey, he's a work in progress.]