[ Interjecting and asking what sort of state Jayden specifically is in on the tip of her tongue (or is it mind?), because she doesn't necessarily believe his blanket statement of "alive" from before. But then he's describing other awful things that she has to try and process while shoving everything into her satchel. To say her mind is doing cartwheels is a bit of an understatement now that she also has to ignore the throbbing in her knee that will no doubt blossom into a bruise overnight. And people think she's lying when she says she bruises like a peach.

She bursts from the doors of the library, stopping just at the top of the steps, something like abject horror appearing on her face at the reality of what Jayden isn't saying. ]

𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨?! 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴 — 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘮 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬?

[ It can't be any stupider than say, 'How long can you hold your breath for?', right? Her feet manage to move as she rushes down the steps and back towards the Sarstina. ]

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘸?