You fucking did not, or you wouldn't have been scared by it. I saw that jump. [ Like it didn't scare the crap out of her, too. Her laughter's finally settling down enough to get actual full sentences out, but her grin is huge. ]

That's definitely a tie. [ And she looks delighted about it, perched on her broken bench and grinning up at him. ] Never tied before. God, what're the odds?

[ She'd been easily the strongest person she knew at home, and of course she knows here the rules are different, there's extraordinary people littered all over ALASTAIR — but to find someone as strong as she is? That's pretty cool. ]