"That scrawny brat left? Why would he do that and go off to get killed in the wilderness?" Ralph's surprise was more like anger. He was angry that someone had just run away so easily. Jerold had clearly messed up and should have stayed to make it right.
"Professor Wright just told us that her beast is watching him. He won't die. But he still might get very badly hurt." Grace was a little shy when it came to Ralph's heated speech. It was clear that she wasn't ready to accept a head on fight with someone who was well ahead of her.
"I was just saying. It's a bad situation." Ralph's sudden drop in heated speech made all of them look at him curiously. Clark's group had known Ralph to be angry and fiery tempered no matter who spoke to him. But a simple reply from Grace had somehow cooled him off? Something was amiss.
