Sandy laughed out loud, and then was startled by how dark her sense of humor had gotten. It's not like the bear joke actually talked about being eaten by bears in detail.

But Pruna was right and the idea of the two of them running circles around a bunch of legless grown ups was enough to make Sandy giggle and feel awful about it later.

"Come on, help me up and I'll get some more practice so you won't have to get all tired of carrying me before the running starts."

How could she even consider for a minute that she'd be forgetting Pruna forever? Not after getting this far.