The touch was a little jarring. Things in the back of her mind moved around, jostled for the surface. They were caught in the general crush, though, and nothing concrete came. Just a feeling.

She swallowed and pressed forward, chin against his shoulder.

"Ah don't feel safe," she said, voice trembling as badly as her body, but her tone was frustrated and struggling toward determined. She wasn't just going to fold up. Something was happening, and if she could just think straight...

"Who else is here. 're there- is anyone else- Ah can hear other voices, but not what they're sayin'."