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."
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Date: 2014-08-24 10:59 pm (UTC)"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."