With Katolin incapable of doing menial works, Ned had to let her rest. They've been caved-in for almost three hours without any food and so Ned had to conserve his energy by doing things only necessary.
"I'm sorry, Ned," Katolin announced. For a beast, she does felt emotions, like grief, and self-pity.
"For what?" Ned replied with a shrug as he marched the edge of the cave. This was the only necessary thing Ned had been doing, finding cracks and chips along the walls that might save them from being trapped.
"For this," she replied with her eyes closed. "For not being much of a help."
Ned had to pull her out of the lake and lay her to rest against a crystallized wall. Although she and Ned were almost 20 meters apart, the hollows of caves let her voice traveled to Ned as though she was beside him.
