Eva was willing to try anything, so she dutifully drank the potion and waited to see if the pain abated. It didn't, and she wasn't surprised. "Not much good," she said, and had the wherewithal to not sound as disappointed as she felt. It wasn't his fault, and he was helping and Eva was not currently capable of expressing how grateful she was. The least she could do was not complain.

"How do we get out?" She assumed it was the way Mr. Collins had come in, and she didn't much like the idea of moving, but that was just lunacy not worth entertaining.

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