Hearing his words, Marissa turned toward Joey with a small smile, continuing to focus on keeping the stones before Nixie in a constant, slow motion. "Yes... that it is." she said softly with a small, genuine smile. 'He must be so strong... that terrible accident and he's handling his power so well...'
As she looked on him for a few moments longer, her eyes drifted down the left side of his face, passing over his scars. Instead of expression disgust or sadness, she seemed to be relieved and pleased, though she chose to say nothing of her thoughts aloud.