Salt water- [ Her face twists into a grimace. Iron on him is one thing. It doesn't need to be rusted, just removed. Salt water implies iron in him. ] -That would work. I'm the fastest. Messengers really ought to be the fastest, you know. I can fetch it.

[ She's babbling. That's normal, but there's a more manic quality to it now. It's not that she simply likes to fill silence. She's panicked. ]

Normally, if one of us were badly hurt, we would just go through the rebirth instead. You know. With the- stabbing. It's easier than recovering the human way, especially from iron. A lot less painful. But his last rebirth was so recent. He might not pass everything on to himself. So if being remembered is important, I suppose that makes it a bad option.