Cricket doesn't say a thing. He doesn't have to ask to guess what's on Kinner's mind, and he doesn't have anything particularly useful to say to calm or reassure him. They're all bound to be scared, and Cricket's probably the least frightened because he hasn't seen what they're facing, but he's not looking forward to it, either.

He comes over to Kinner and just sits beside him with a soft clank of leg braces, and puts an arm around his shoulders, giving him a sober little nod.

That's the point, right? That they ain't facing this alone.