"Ow!" Will suddenly found himself on the ground, looking up at her. From his vantage point, she looked like a proverbial monster of sorts. He brushed himself off and picked himself back up.

"Hey, we're on the same side here! What's the deal with this treatment, huh?" He shut up before he got himself into trouble again. His voice softened. "I just wanna get back home, okay? And I don't know how."