"It would," sorry, were you expecting her to have more shame? "But lucky for you, now is hardly the time to argue semantics." And it was no time to be wasting time either, was his head as thick as those arms or something??

Lenore wasn't entirely sure what the point of that hand extending towards her was, but she'll clamp down on it at the wrist with both of her own, giving him a heaving tug in an attempt to get him moving.

The sounds and smells around them, at least, suggested they were outside.

"Can't you at least make this a little easier, and put those hulking muscles of yours to good use?!" There was a break in the cliffside up ahead. Some kind of cave? It was at least somewhere to hide from the rising light.