[Mari didn’t try to move away from Kel, merely listening to his heartbeat as they talked. It was calming… and reminded her of the times that Hero would comfort her.]

Sunny was… with you? [But why? Why would the two of them be up there anyways? One question at a time she supposed though… first she would answer Kel’s, then ask her own…]

I… remember the feeling of being pushed… feeling my feet leave the ground… seeing the railing of the stairs and then… nothing… [She froze up again and her hands found purchase in bunching up Kel’s shirt.] But… Sunny wouldn’t push me… would he?

[Her voice was small, desperate sounding even. As if she herself couldn’t believe that she was uttering the words…]