"Wait, they actually just jumped on you and dogpiled at the end?" Amelia hadn't interrupted even once. They had been walking for over an hour and a half, and his story was filled with such mirth and joy she hadn't felt guilty about asking him and her heart hadn't hurt as much as it could have. She knew at this point what the stakes had been. "No. They shielded me with their bodies." Aidan said. "I lived through the boss explosion." Amelia halted and dragged him to a halt as well. They had been alternating hands, but she was still holding his and used it to jerk him back. "What? Did you live? Did you… But you woke up with them. Did you kill yourself?" She was shocked and asked the question bluntly. She didn't know what she would have done in his situation but that didn't seem like Aidan a

