"Shhhh," Claire hissed, expression immediately frantic as she looked over her shoulders, then back again when she realized that there was probably nothing that would call the attention of everyone to her faster than being a little blonde girl looking like she was in the middle of trouble. "I know that it's totally terrifying, but we need to be quiet. The only thing that we might have on him right now is the fact that I don't think he can read minds, otherwise... yeah, he can't read minds, and he doesn't have m... he's not invincible."

She closed her eyes, feeling a wave of hopelessness pass over her as she tried to steel her stomach, willing herself to manage through it. "I think he might have super-hearing, though. Or invincibility, something... god, something that let him totally overhear a conversation I had when he was nowhere I could see. So I think the best thing for me to do is to find my dad, because I know he's close, and he's so much better than I am at things like this. But I don't want to draw too much attention to a group without an adult here."