We'll just have to go further outside to see them.

[ she gestures to the edge of the camp. alina doesn't plan to stay here forever. it might be safe, but it's confining. and if there's another settlement, somewhere far from kirigan's grasp, she'll go there instead.

briefly, it occurs to her what he might do to this camp when he finds her missing, when he suspects some of them might have kidnapped and hidden her. it dashes her spirits only briefly, but enough that she plops down to sit beside nina and her biscuit tin.

she doesn't reach for one first. that would be impolite. instead, she wraps her arms around her knees and waits. ]

I can't believe you managed not to lose these to the egg fluid.