[She can only tear her eyes away when Armin does, and even so Aubrey glances to him when she talks.]

Not in person… Maybe in schoolbooks. [Old cartoons? It feels like lifetimes ago.] The, uh… Colosseum.

[Aubrey frowns.]

People fought to the death. For “entertainment.”

[It’s quiet, from the outside. Still, her hand closes tighter around his.]