Soma nodded, pulling her coat tighter around her. She couldn't say it was really cold outside--not after her first Russian winter--but her body wasn't exactly cooperating at the moment. "My cuts have closed and stopped bleeding, at least. It'll take them a while to heal, but my movement isn't as restricted as it could have been."

And there was the elephant in the room, the thing she almost wanted to talk about but didn't. She swallowed and pressed on. "I guess we're all in agreement about what we saw last night, aren't we? I talked to Rapunzel this morning and she was pretty sure she knew what the image in the x-ray room was, too."