"Ah." Toby's face doesn't change, but that's a flicker of surprise and guilt. She's the Seer. She should be able to consider the future and the ramifications of her own and other peoples' actions better than this. "It's true. I didn't think of that."

She needs to remember not to treat Steven, or other people in this place, like she would her people, and generally she does. They have their own ways, and she doesn't have authority over them. Not that she should have total authority over hers, really, even if they have all accepted that she is a Seer.

"I want to help you, but I don't know how," she admits cautiously. "You haven't seen much death, I don't think?"