Marcus laughed with a choked sounding noise, covering the hand against his face with one of his own and turning to kiss the palm of it.  "You're one to talk.  The fuck were you thinking, passing out on me like that?"  He said at an attempt of making light of the situation.  Closing his eyes he just held her hand against his lips for a bit, taking full shuddering breaths to keep himself from just collapsing next to her.  He had felt so on edge the past few days, and now the weight had lifted off his shoulders so quickly it was almost dizzying.  

"How are you feeling?"  He asked finally, no longer speaking against her palm and just holding her hand tightly in his own.  "Are you, I mean are you hungry?  Or thirsty?  I've been saving your ration portions.  Didn't want them given out to everyone else while you were, were out."

Tess jumped, startled by the sudden appearance and a bit uneasy now to actually be faced with Richard.  Of course she had been wanting to talk to him, now that he was here though she had no idea what to say.  "H-hey,"  She stammered, a tired and nervous smile on her lips.  "Been better, but who here hasn't?"  Shifting to the side she made some space next to her in line, in case he decided to move up a bit.  "How about you, how've you been handling this?  I haven't seen you since we got here..."