she is beside him in a moment of acknowledgment , not of spatial awarenesshe glances sideways , to his left and she is there : professor carroll ... fully unclothed but body not shivering or iced or blue in any way , rather a softness , not of light but as of presenceshe is quietly beside him and as silently slips into his mind for as he looks he is aware that he can see through her , see the mounds of snow , the gravel trapped , gagging within ices gripyour father is not dead .