"I have no idea—" Karen begins, and as if they've called it up by a mere mention, the room begins to sway again with the first aftershock. Karen reaches out to Kamala's shoulder as if there's any real way she can protect the girl from what's happening, especially when it lasts a fraction of the time of the original quake. The pots and dishes ping and clatter, and one pan falls from the kitchen table, but other than that, it's not too bad.

"You okay?" Karen asks after the swaying stops. Physically, obviously Kamala's fine, but Karen herself is pretty damned scared by these quakes, and apparently they're in the same boat as far as being new to the phenomenon.