Russel is, Sky suspects, more concerned than he's trying to appear. If not about rabies, something else. Just now though his closeness is distracting, Sky just needs a moment alone to center himself - fortunately it comes, and he can breathe. Go over his covenant. It's fine. He's fine. The world is radically different - the feedback isn't ebbing back and he suspects it's not going to - but he's still here, and learning to handle it.

To think he'd been interested in this warren and now can't appreciate it. Sky shakes his head at himself, tries to pay at least token attention. He's been on cave tours and knows how the guides there sometimes shut off the lights to show the true darkness of being underground. That's unlikely here with how many people are carrying lights, but he should at least try to listen to what people are saying.