"Well, now, if they do anythin' too stupid, we'll just have to speak up, then." There's safety in numbers - and there will be more safety later, when it gets cold - but Kate is also not blind to the issues of playing Follow The Leader. People can also be very, very stupid.

So the small woman walks off to the crowd, back straight and step far firmer and far more determined than perhaps she needed to be.

But then, these three strangers had seen one of her worst memories, had heard her screaming, and that makes her feel vulnerable.

Still.

She does try to keep half an eye on the Plant Fae.