As Catherine turns the big crank to lower the gondola, Jen manages to stay quiet for a while. But the tension in the air is driving her batty, and after a while she just sort of starts talking randomly.

"Torpor's kinda like when a water bear gets all dried up and can't move any more. Tardigrades. They can survive all shriveled and dormant for a long long long time. Even in a vacuum! But they're not conscious and they come out all starved and need healing and stuff. Danica can fix it."

"Yeah," grumps the witch. "If I get the chance before they diablerize him or something."