"Huh! My leg!" It hurt as much as I thought, but it wasn't high enough to injure me. "Alicia, it's your turn. Don't worry, I'll catch you."
I opened my arms for her landing. Alicia seemed scared, probably from inexperience doing something like that. However, she closed her eyes and finally jumped in my direction. A perfect landing.
We were at the back of the inn, but we could hear the explosions on the other side of the building, sometimes like thunder disrupting the air, other times like something shattering.
"Can we really leave Diane and Sarah against that?" Alicia asked me, her voice filled with concern for the others.
"You want to help them?" I asked Alicia.
She hesitated to respond to me. She stayed there, looking at the ground with a sad look. "I wanted to be capable of that. I don't want people to risk their lives for me without doing that. I feel so powerless."
