[She's talking for the sake of talking. Trying to forget that Albert's arms just end in sleeve. The bloodlessness of it is more unsettling than his missing hands.]
If it's a shift, this might start happening to other people and I really don't have the stomach to think about that.
[Sheena doesn't realize they've hit her spot of rough terrain from earlier; the ball of fire doesn't show as much as it could, because it takes some extra effort to keep Albert from dropping off her shoulder. There's no warning as some loose stones give way beneath her foot; she can't slide or pinwheel, and in her surprise flail for balance, the fire goes out.]
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[She's talking for the sake of talking. Trying to forget that Albert's arms just end in sleeve. The bloodlessness of it is more unsettling than his missing hands.]
If it's a shift, this might start happening to other people and I really don't have the stomach to think about that.
[Sheena doesn't realize they've hit her spot of rough terrain from earlier; the ball of fire doesn't show as much as it could, because it takes some extra effort to keep Albert from dropping off her shoulder. There's no warning as some loose stones give way beneath her foot; she can't slide or pinwheel, and in her surprise flail for balance, the fire goes out.]