Yes. [Nods. Yep, totally a normal thing to have said.] At least, that's how he put it. I have no better frame of reference, so...

I only touched the void. No pain, no lasting damage to the nerves or bone. [Wiggles his fingers for Pal to see, just to confirm.] The only effect I noticed was an abrupt change in my visual field. I could no longer see color or detail in objects, while the passengers still in the room at the time appeared as... swirling colors. The captain referred to the colors as emotions, and altogether calls them "souls." The captain himself was simply a black hole where his soul should have been.