If her room hadn't been all the way at the other end of the hall, she would have suggested he come down there. But he'd already sent his message to Kaylee, so there was nothing to do but wait.
She did spend a great deal of that waiting period not looking at him. After all, her shoes were kind of fascinating, except for the fact looking at them put his cast foot in her line of view, and she didn't want to think about that. Simon hadn't let her see the damage, but ... she had an idea, all the same.
So she looked up instead, which wasn't any better. There were chips blasted out of the doorframes, bullet holes in the wall. On the carpet, when she glanced down again, there were scorch marks. From bullets, she assumed, though maybe there'd been some fire in play.
Jaime settled on staring instead toward some neutral point in the general direction of the stairwell.
"I would not break your heart," Kyle said very sincerely. "Figurative or literal," he amended in case she thought he meant only the one beating so strongly in her chest.
He followed along with her, his head tipping curiously to one side as he considered the idea of using dinosaurs in combat. "Dinosaur are extinct," he said, confusion evident in his voice. "Are they alive in your world?"