[ Hilda wouldn't have expected him to. She had seen the damage done to her friend's bodies in the Horizon; the fact that he's got enough energy to be reaching out at all, and to her of all people, is astounding enough. What that means though is anyone's guess. Maybe whoever had taken them just hadn't done as much to Jayden as the others, or maybe he was just holding up better.

It's a small comfort, but not by much. ]

𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘚𝘦𝘦, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.