[Lina's more... walking with purpose to give them both time to recover. she doubts Zero can teleport, after all, and it lets them actually talk to each other like friends, like they're supposed to be. instead of Natalia being Lina's blade. god, okay, she'll beat herself up for that later. now they just need to get back on the path to the city.]

Yeah? [she asks it casually, then reconsiders and just starts talking instead of prompting Nat.] Look, you don't have to do anything I say. People usually don't. I just panicked because I was pretty sure she was actually going to... [she sighs again, but this time it's sharper.]

Just actually tell me to shut the fuck up next time. Get angry at me if you have to.