If that was supposed to be reassuring, he wasn't doing a very good job. Bewildered and more alarmed than ever, Sheska shrank back a little, twisting her fingers in her lap. "Of course," she answered automatically, without the faintest notion of what she was agreeing to.

"What is going on?" Oops. She hadn't meant to say that aloud. She presses her fingers to her lips a little too late, and the blush deepens in her embarrassment. "Sorry, I didn't mean... I understand, I think, what's happening, I just... It's difficult when you don't know why or what you can do to help?"