“I don't want to have to use Bendings.”
“How bad is it?”
Anna lifted a hand, wiggling her fingers. Half an hour without calling upon any of Seth's abilities had reduced the mild sting in her skin to a faint tingle. She could maintain a Bending for ten seconds, maybe fifteen. She could twist gravity once or twice. But she was going to have to be very judicious about how she used those abilities.
Jack saw the reservation in her eyes. “Let me take on the ziarogat,” he pleaded. “I've barely used my powers at all. You get Arin to the shuttle, and then I'll join you.”
“Ordinarily, I'd agree with that plan,” Anna replied. “But as I said, Arin trusts you. I don't know how well he'll react to me.”
“Okay.”
Anna narrowed her eyes as she considered her options. “What I'll need from you,” she beg
