Luke wasn’t entirely sure what Airy was doing, just that he could sense the faint air of deception in her attempts to sound more like a kitten than a cat. If he was completely honest, he even wasn’t certain on all she was capable of, outside of what she outright told him since they met. Part of him didn’t doubt she would kill someone if they weren’t pulling their weight or endangering the rest of them.

What was clear was that she was falling all of a sudden, and he immediately shifted his footing, reaching out and catching her in his arms with very little effort.

“You okay?” he asked, though there was a faintly quizzical expression on his face, as if he were asking what in the galaxy was she up to.