"Not at all. In advance: Do brace yourself. It gets a little chilly."

Clara reaches out for his arm and, for a second, he could probably feel a press of fingers. Her touch is cool and 'damp' in a sense of it doesn't feel like it's really there. Talk about having a phantom touch.

Then it comes cold, sharp is the best way to describe it, when her hand gives away and plunges through. She shudders and makes an unhappy sound. "Oh!"