A look towards Walter is given, acknowledging his injuries could have been far worse. Especially if he were still fully human. Speaking to both Walter and Sadie he gives his reasoning, “I know, but we were brought here because I was too cautious at the forts and in the time since then.”

Regarding his shoulder, he looks to it and gingerly moves it into flexion, then abduction, and rotates it. The lowering of his elbow between hurts worse, but he tolerates it with a wince at his eyes, “I hurt it just before walking here, so it’s about the same. A little less sore to move.” Then following her question about sitting, he nods and moves a few steps nearer to the group to sit down on a lower level of stone of the ruins.

“As for the earthquake...that was my fault. I made a mistake and upset the mouse. It shifted away from me after I dropped from the wall during my second climb. I didn’t touch it coming down but it must have felt me land.”