"....that ain't a word I'm too fond of," she observes evenly. Once the m-word comes into play, Windsong's daughter trusts nothing about who deserves what. Still, an operation to free the host isn't going to work with the resources currently available to her, up against this kind of liabilities. And, you know, considering she wouldn't have a clue how t odo it anyway.

"Hmm? No, they're getting his mom to him now. I'm interning at the center where he gets his physical therapy." And Caroline's face actually manages to cloud worse than it had at the monster's using the M word. "I should have made him stay the night somewhere else, somehow."