Gabriel could see what Isla meant. With his pack, his layers, and the excited expression that seemed etched on his face, it wasn't surprising that she had made such a comment. Anything he was going to say in response to that was foregone by his next, however, which was prompted by the revelation of just how high high was. "Forty feet?!" he exclaimed, both surprised and a little horrified. He sometimes got vertigo from looking out of a window higher than the third floor. "That's insane!"
The touch of Isla's hand was cool in his own, though he wasn't surprised given the temperature outside and the sparseness of her costume. He resolved not to keep her for too long. "Not yet," he said. "I have to wait until the Ringmaster is free. He'll be telling me everything, or so I was told after I signed the contract."