[She's still holding on, tighter when she feels him shake, and she lifts the fire closer.]
Well, there won't be a second time if I have anything to say about it.
[It's concerning, to say the least, that this wouldn't be the first time. For a kid, especially... but there are plenty of people here from worlds both similar and wildly different from hers that it's so not out of the realm of possibility. So she doesn't dwell on it.]
Least you're not frozen solid yet, so that's a win. [She tries to laugh, as if the mood could be lightened at all.] Can you sit up?
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Well, there won't be a second time if I have anything to say about it.
[It's concerning, to say the least, that this wouldn't be the first time. For a kid, especially... but there are plenty of people here from worlds both similar and wildly different from hers that it's so not out of the realm of possibility. So she doesn't dwell on it.]
Least you're not frozen solid yet, so that's a win. [She tries to laugh, as if the mood could be lightened at all.] Can you sit up?