"If I wasn't here, helping you not lose it, I'd probably be losing it myself," Karla said, holding Warren closer. Hmm. This reverse of how they were usually curled up was almost disconcerting. Like trying to do everything via mirror image.

"I guess I'll just have to add this to my list of things made better by sharing them with you," she added, a little shyly.

Not that 'better' in this instance actually kicked it up to 'good.'