"Don't break bones," Steph insists firmly. "Not without me there to laugh at you. That's in the job description, you know. Cuddles and chicken soup and mocking when you're injured."

Talking a lot helps fill all sorts of silences, and silences would say far too much right now. They'd probably say Don't go don't go don't go don't go don't go don't go don't go don't go!

Which ... wouldn't help.

"How will you get there? Are you driving? Can I come, just as far as the edge of the States or something? There's monsters!"