Initiate.. The mental voice comes back a little mechanical, a static charge around the edges and a synthetic cadence to the word, but there's humanity in it too. Surprise, not at the mode of contact but at the one to initiate it, and a sense that Albert is pulling himself back together and taking stock of where he is both physically and mentally.

Yes, I'm alright. Whether he means that for the physical or the mental is open to interpretation. Are you?