[ Would he? Would he say she was being stupid, too? ...Would he be right?

Peregrine wraps her arms around herself. Her voice is scratchy when she next speaks. ]

He looked...a lot like Mumble. When they brought him in, for...for identification. [ It was obvious to everyone she had some experience with it, hypothermia. Obvious that it was personal for her. So— ] I never— I didn't...tell Connor, exactly, but... He seemed to get it? Without me even...saying anything, after that, he—

...He came and found me.