"You think she's helpless?" Sotero snipes, and turns away with a dramatic huff to look back up at the volcano. Its rumbles are intermittent anyway, but it does seem that when he's angrier, the ground begins to rumble more.

This isn't anger right now; it's performative, and it's not having any effect on the ground or opening any glowing crevasses.

"She's the one who runs this whole place. Anything that's messed up around here, she either came up with it or she's okay with it."