[Geir wants to ask what it is that she's so wound up about; he's getting increasingly curious. but Shirley seems so tightly coiled, like a spring about to shake itself loose. he truly doesn't think it's a good idea yet.]

Oh, yeah! I got to the coven while we were there, actually. It was called Aimintas.

[he thinks about Shirley's past behavior -- pretty much all he knows about her was when she tried to flee into the ocean that time...]

You like the sea, right? You might've liked it. There was a strange ocean overhead, blocking off the sky. Really a different sort of world.