[Talking was a mistake. Hearing him close as he dressed her wound was easy enough to dismiss; this, less. If not for said wound Aubrey would have turned her back to him. Of all things, trust isn’t on her mind at all—if only because she hasn’t stopped to question it. The situation hasn’t really allowed it.

[He said he wouldn’t let her die; he hasn’t. He’s gone out of his way to make sure she doesn’t. That’s all she needs, here. Everything else can weigh down later.]

[The titan bit, for instance? Sure. Heat wave. Giant monster transformation. Why not. Makes as much sense as anything else, here. But maybe she should be more skeptical, because the temperature’s still falling....]

[Fine. Voice is a distraction.] H. Hey. [Great, not the teeth chattering again....] Th-think of… anywhere else, yet?