Hit Girl kept herself calm and, to her surprise, FELT him change. She could feel it very mildly before, but now she could definitely tell he was concentrating, changing how he was feeling to concentrate.

Part of her wished she could help him, but she couldn't presume to know what he was going through. He lived longer than her, and had seen worse things happened.

And anyway, he was trying to get her to sleep. Already she could feel herself starting to relax further, her muscles unclench, her body rise and fall.