[His eyes remain wide as he takes in Altius's current form. There's no denying it's him! In some other form. Kurt slowly nods along.]

Y-yeah. I've been doing my best. Trying to help everyone I could, and... and trying to find you.

[Everything about this is weird. Perhaps not too weird by mutant standards, but still - Altius's hand is on his shoulder, but he can't properly feel it.]

...What happened to you? [He thinks he knows, but he hearing what Altius has to say about it sounds like the first step.]