"Careful!" calls Amie, as Emmie leaps back across the chasm of broken time.

"I'm fine," he says, landing a bit more heavily then he intended.



"You're bleeding a bit," says Amie.

"It's just a scratch," said Emmie. "That first swing was real close."



"Nothing to worry about, it's just a scratch," he says again. "I just need a bandaid."

She doesn't respond.

"Amie?"