the question chilled her to her bones . if one of them would only stick around long enough to understand that , she sighed . arent you meant to be showing me how much better you are at everything ? she yelled for them , but it was clear they could n't hear her . there was a lot of anger and finger-pointing , but no hard evidence . she 'd fainted when something had ruptured and she was losing too much blood way too fast . we stood without motion as the demon scanned the ravine from the other side . 