And, indeed, that seems to be more of what has happened -- clear, obvious stripes in the steel; Miriam's color being a darker red/gray highlighting the lighter red/gray of Will, as the machines began to wind down.
It certainly was
bigger, at the very least, so that mission was accomplished. Still very hot, mind you; molten steel will do that. But maybe twice as big? A little less, perhaps? A significant improvement, at the very least.
As for how Will himself was doing, he seemed to be a little checked out at the moment -- Miriam would get sort of a fuzz when trying to mentally check in on him. Not a
bad fuzz or a sign of distress or pain or something; just a little bit of an overall dead-to-the-world-ness that might feel
a little familiar...