"Can you walk?" Cadence asked again, changing the subject back to the topic at hand, fully knowing she could carry him if she needed to.

"I think so," Aaron said, leaning back so that she could get up. She helped him and wrapped her arm around his waist, his arm around her shoulders.

"Okay?" she asked as they began their decent.

"I've been better," he admitted.

"Is it just your arm?" He was cradling it against his chest now, as if it was in pain.

"I just ...