"Don't apologise," she said at once, suddenly cross. "Unless you've done something wrong, I don't want to hear it." In spite of herself, Carolina found her steps more of a stomp as she approached, and she let her hands form fists beneath the cloak where they couldn't be seen. "We're btoh stuck here, however long."

She eyed the raptor again, lips pursed, before she shook her head slightly. "I don't suppose it can tell us its name?" Surely it must have one.