Now that she’s got a weapon and her powers back, Matilda's a lot more confident. “You’re right— it’s better for all of us, if we’re all together. I just hope everyone else is okay still—“ She pauses in her stride only briefly to glance at her phone, then shrugs and hurried to catch up to Zafika, her heels clicking all the way.

They make it a flight down before her feet start to hurt, and Matilda huffs in frustration— the clicking of her heels on the stairs stop, and from far, far below, Matilda calls up. “I’m down here!”