[steven gets a smile for wiping some of the blood from her face. and law... gets a nod. he's right, that something like this was fully expected.]

I suppose he meant to leave me until I clawed my way out, or someone found me. If he wanted to, he could have made me harder to find. Must not have wanted to risk killing me.

[and on that note, she sighs.] Seems like he already caught on, about the penalty for killing. If he'd lost a hand for his trouble, it would have been the one silver lining here. So much for that.