Feeling too much and not knowing what to do with it all was something Vex was getting to know very well the past few days. So she recognized it in Snow now. She didn't call attention to it, though. If it had been her, someone mentioning it would only have made things worse.

"The books say it's a reflex, the way she grabs on like that. Something about baby monkeys not falling out of trees. But it makes me melt a little every single time."