It's not a description. Description implies something specific and definable: orange, oblong, obese. It's a perfectly acceptable way of avoiding describing something.

[His manner becomes more businesslike in these surroundings, closing the door and laying out the needle kit from his bag on a cart next to hospital issue equipment with the quiet concentration of habit. All things in their proper place, checked, and checked again. His voice softens as he continues, and he spares glances for her, caught in this dual focus.]

Last time, it took part of your soul going walkabout to make you rip your skin off. Why do you think you're close to the same point now?