//Well, they wouldn't be in yer hair if it had happened while yer shield was still up,// Jonothon pointed out.

And then he squirmed a bit more.

//After I... burned myself out, I... managed to rebuild myself, somehow. I don't know how. I just know that it was cold, wherever I was, scattered all over, and so I came back, where it was warm again.// A pause. //In once piece. If coughing, somewhat.//

Jono-and-Adel ashes were not for breathing.