That remaining five percent is worrying me.

[ "we think." newt is clever, science-minded — difficult not to regard with the same respect she's offered david kostyk. in spite of the glib undertone to her voice, she easily takes him at face value. orbs. fractures. why wouldn't it be possible, with all they've witnessed? ]

Not only my elbow, but my pride. [ after a beat, ] It's only a bruise. Nothing more.

[ and besides — her absence has made her determined to get down to business. so, after she heaves herself over a fallen stack of tarps: ]

You all have come up with some solution by now, I'm assuming.