"You can help mash the potatoes." A batch should be just about ready now, and Emma was pretty good about delegating simpler tasks in the kitchen, where she wouldn't even think of telling people what to do somewhere else.

"Making aligot is kind of a work out. Dani did a lot of tr-running too, when she was stressed." Emma had been glad to get back into the routine of training with Nina after the attack, but that took more explanation than she thought Steph would care about. "She's a badass. I'm... not."