"I dislike this more than the time I almost got eaten," Nico answered in an undertone, which meant that she was fine. Or possibly that she was bleeding internally, the language of cranky Nicos was largely impenetrable to non-native speakers. But she was sitting up straighter and no longer holding her ribs where she'd banged them against the door, so it was probably the former.

She swallowed the I don't want to be here and offered him a weak smile before glaring down at the floor of the train car.