"It is okay" Spirit said, "If you come with us, we can help. You will be safe. Well, as safe as we can make it, and with others who are learning as well" Suki sighed, "And we can't get there on empty stomachs. Sitting, talking, sharing a meal together that's a power in itself. So. Come, sit and eat. Thirty minutes. That's all I'm asking. Or I'll come back with a bowl of soup and shove it down your throat"