"Yeah, there'll be some waiting," Karin nodded, then sat down again beside Xel, watching him nervously, "but we train in the meantime. Like, I can work on making my transformations quicker, simpler, and work on getting the details down. Plus, animal changes are still way off for me, so I can practice those." She was worried about Xel, he seemed to have taken it harder than most, though she had thrown up, while he hadn't. Then again, she hadn't seen Taylor wake, so hers could have been horrendous. "Whatever happens," she croaked, "we're the only friends we've got here. Nobody else is gonna help us. So it's up to us to take care of it."