Iris’s smile was tense, and it didn’t quite reach her eyes. It’d have been hard to smile honestly when they had scary creatures waiting to rip them into pieces if they made ever the smallest of mistakes. But her entire body had sagged in relief because she had seemed to at least get through Blaine enough for him to stop freaking out for now.

“You probably weren’t too thrilled about having a little girl following you everywhere.” She always did that. Gladio, Blaine, Nyx, she just liked to follow wherever adventure seemed to be. But this was completely different.

“Are you hurt? Do you think you can run behind me?”