[ It’s with a queasy pang of worry that it starts to sink in how serious this is. If she can’t keep herself upright - and she wants to go to the river - then again, maybe if he were sick with two separate uprights, he’d want to let one fall by the wayside too. But he’s never really been this sick or dealt with somebody this sick without modern medicine around. ]

That’s, uh-

[ -giving Simon pause while he’s doing the doofy, shuffling twirl required to turn his back to her without letting go of her arm. Is that safe? What if she falls over in there? No, it’s a pretty shallow river, right? ]

Yeah. Of course. You ready? Just... one big push, you only gotta get up once, and- [ at this angle her head is kind of slumped over his shoulder, which is fine. She’s not even standing up yet, so they’ll cross that bridge when they come to it, but his back’s stable enough, with all the, you know, stuff. ]

I’ll tell you about the jinba I used to know. We’ll be at the river before you know it.