What would they do when this was over, huh? That conveniently ignored the very real possibility that some or all of them could easily die within the hour. But still, it was a nice distraction.

[i]What will I do if I manage to survive?[/i] Lily thought. She hadn’t really been thinking about it lately. She wasn’t generally the type to plan too far into the future anyway, but lately in particular she’d been very distracted.

“Wouldn’t mind going out for some chips. It’s been ages since I’ve done that,” she offered weakly, shrugging.