Eve was completely aware of Will's state, and continued to go through her preflight checks, fingers running across circuit breakers and switches with practiced familiarity, controls shifted through their full reach and radios checked.

She handed him a headset. "Put this on," she told him, and picked up the curly cord, showing him the button. "And when you want to speak press this button and hold it, letting it go when you've finished speaking." She told him he'd be able to hear the air traffic controllers through it too. "Try not to speak when they're talking," she added calmly.