Lila blushes and has the decency to look at least slightly cowed. She doesn't even pull her hand away, though she wants to, but the sight of how dark her veins have turned combined with Kell's concern makes her go still in her unease.

"It happened with the stone and I lived," she finally says, knowing it's a weak argument even as the words leave her mouth.

"What do you want me to say, Kell?"