[If Paul only knew about the shared sharp-edged guardedness of their nerves, he'd be able to assure her that this place is (for the time being) a safe one. He knows it in his marrow, in a way he can only recognize because it used to be how he always felt, until he didn't.
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So he can laugh at the suggestion of Anna coming to Kainé, instead of running through the threat models that might be otherwise be implied.]
If you call for her, do you think she'd come running with a marker, or that lightning sword of hers?