Both.

[ Though, he recognizes the unsettling nature of your home shaking violently in the middle of the ocean. He's sure, for everyone else, they'd rather not have to deal with that.

Thane finally tears his gaze from the vast waters and brings his attention to Simon. He blinks two sets of eyelids, considering the question. There's so much...so much he read about, so much he heard discussed among the scientists, doctors, the security - so much he read about alone. So many things that are now long gone, and likely will never return considering the state of disrepair the world has fallen into. ]

Snow, [ he says simply, and for a moment it seems that he'll leave it at that before he continues. ] I always thought it sounded mysterious - magical, even. A blanket covering the earth, gleaming in the sun and moonlight, quiet and peaceful in a world that always sounded so...chaotic.

It's difficult to believe such a thing could exist.

[ He pauses. ]

Of course, I've been told such weather would be detrimental to my health, being cold-blooded.

[ A guy can dream. Which is pretty much all he does. ]