[ If it's at all awkward for her, Luisa doesn't show it as she returns the hug, careful as always not to hold too tightly. ]

Yeah, it...it was really bad. I thought I could...distract the dragon, so that others could get to the well. But my younger sister, Mirabel, had followed me there and... [ She can't help hesitating a little. It feels like she's told this story so many times this month, but it hasn't gotten any easier. ] We almost died...