[Emerald laughed and muttered out a quiet "shut up" like it actually bothered her, but she was just having a good time and the way the corners of her lips turned up gave that away pretty easily.]

Feeling any better? Now that you've got some food inside you. Let me know if you want me to go out and get anything for you. It's, uh. [a pause; her eyes slid towards the wall as she tried to swallow.] It got a little weird out there. Power's been spotty for the past couple days, and things feel... different outside. It's like she escalated something.