"I could have stopped it. I should have." But that little shake of the head - the I-know-what-I'm-doing look - had stopped her. Had he really? Or had that just been a bluff?

Aly shakes her head at the suggestion of sleep. "No, if I...if I sleep I'll just have nightmares. Or go back there. I'm not sure what's worse." It shouldn't theoretically be possible for her to be drawn back there in spirit since she's returned to Aifaran, but, well...part of her isn't exactly hers anymore, and not in the symbiotic relationship she'd established with the land spirit, either. Who knew what would happen?

In nightmares she'd relive it over and over again. If she returns there...she'd have to face it without running, and she's not sure she has the faculties for that right now.

"I can change my clothes," she concedes. "Maybe shower." She's not sure what she's more frightened of - that if the blood will come off, or if it won't.