After Reese attacked Hetty when she got boat shift, there'd been a short, several-day-rift between the two when Reese disappeared. But they'd made as much amends as they could, and now that Byatt was in the infirmary, fighting for her life through a flare-up, the fight had faded away

Reese lies on her top bunk bed over Hetty's, long blond braid tipped over the edge, a small glimmer of her sharp, hardened silver scaly hand peeking out as well. Hetty was worried about Byatt, while Reese was thinking more practically, just put off by Hetty's worry. She didn't know how to show that, though. The care she felt

"I'm sure she'll be fine" Reese says, hoping Hetty believes it, but knowing she doesn't herself, and that the other girl probably won't either