"Forever's a long time, but we're only halfway up. So I guess we've got another forever to go." Bert stuck out his lower lip, blowing his hair out of his face, and started up the next set of stairs. He was careful to support her when she started to shake, checking his grip around her waist so he knew he could catch her if she actually fell, but that didn't mean he wasn't still concerned by that.

Crap. He was going to have to sit with her and make sure she got to sleep all right, wasn't he? Or maybe he could just leave her with a bucket and warn Alain.