Shura can’t see Strange shaking his head, but she can hear Bell as she hops around. If nothing else, she can avoid stepping or kicking on Bell, though she can’t say anything about whether or not there’s anything on the way Strange is taking her that might trip her up.

“If there wasn’t a commute, then it would probably be too close to keep Blue.” A pause, then, “How fast do they grow, anyway?”

Since Aconite had almost tripled in size since she had hatched and showed no signs of stopping...