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-"
"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?)
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."
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.
But...
But Bina trusts Jenn. In a way she doesn't trust Lash.
She leans forwards.
And she eats.