"Well, it's pretty clear they're accelerating healing," said Agatha weakly. Family was not a happy subject right now. "I'd imagine they're accelerating the effects of sleep, too, which is a neat trick, by the way..."

Agatha's tone only got more distant over the course of that comment, and at the end she just stared at the half-eaten sausage link on her fork for a moment. "Geargrit, why are we even talking about this?" she whispered. "I think they got my parents, Ema..."