Kevin is preternaturally quick, as it happens. At Gilbert's side one second, Kevin is behind him the next, one hand stretched out wide against his back.

"Try putting one foot in front of the other when you walk," he murmurs quietly. Break's voice as always, but there's no authority in it; it's a suggestion. "With your weight on your toes first, instead of your heels. And -- lean back a little, when we're going down hills like this."