Up above the hole in the ground, Ira is speaking to her watch:
"Are you certain?"
"It's not that I don't trust you. It's just that you said we didn't do this until after..."
"But this reduces our advantage-"
"Bina, please, something isn't right."
"Ant?"
"Jenn, what's going on?"
"What do you mean? Bina, we're going to get soup."
"Oh." She tries to think. It's like dragging her thoughts through treacle. Like she's injured and exhausted, but she feels fine -
(Doesn't she?)
"Here, sit down."
Jenn pulls a chair out to guide Bina into.
She lets herself be guided.
She doesn't think she recognizes the place.
But...
Jenn puts a bowl down in front of Bina - thick, goopy static soup.
"Eat up."
"-Bina. Please. You need to wake up."
She sticks her spoon in. The soup is strange.
"Jenn..." She doesn't think she loves Jenn. Not yet. At least, not how she loves Lash.
Jenn smiles warmly.
But Bina trusts Jenn. In a way she doesn't trust Lash.
She leans forwards.
And she eats.