Amaya opened her mouth to point out that the height had actually been the point of going up on the high shelves at the time, and the problem came from the incredible timing of being suddenly not so small when up there, but then seemed to stop herself, shut her mouth, and shook her head as if to tell herself to never mind the finer details.

Instead, she felt it was much more productive to say, "I could have turned you loose in the preserve."