Nico hesitated, but took the handkerchief.

"Thanks," she said, subdued. "I'll wash it and get it back to you."

She wasn't going to say anything about the way Katherine's hand was shaking. Instead, she stuffed another couple of cookies in her mouth, chewed, and swallowed them down with another swig of cocoa.

"Do we...what do we do while we wait? For them to get back?"