Re-l tensed. The answer she wanted to give wouldn't come. She didn't have the right words to say it.

"It doesn't matter. Just don't do it again." She gulped down the last of the bread and stood up. She grabbed the blanket and shook it out, getting rid of dust and crumbs before folding it and adding it to her pack, which she swung onto her back.

"Are you still hurt?" she said, looking down at Gabriel.