'Holding tightly' is certainly something Six manages; for a little slip of a thing, she has to remind herself that she doesn't even know this man and thus should probably not leave a bruise from her fingertips. She's not shaking, to her credit, but she's deeply unsettled by both the transport and that the city appears to be a zoological nightmare.

The magic, too, is startling.

She turns her head to watch the charring birds' bodies as they ride on, wondering what, exactly, she's gotten herself into now.