Totoka River 그 안에 숨겨진 비밀을 알게된 것 같아

No worries. We can wrap this up soon, probably - and then maybe Marbas can come find her after he fights Maude and once you feel better

Oh, but she was a nervous creature! Clingy, too. Marbas gave a put-upon sigh - though it pleased him still that she'd been so receptive to his careful manipulations - and slipped out of the water to move up the bank. There, he settled himself once more, looking down at Siren with studied nonchalance.

"I tire. Perhaps a nap," he said succinctly, settling his head on his paws and lowering his lids until he could see only a slit of the world beyond them. It was true enough - he hadn't been sleeping well since leaving the safety of Warsaw, and he'd sleep much worse out here in the open. But Siren did seem wont to shut her eyes, and Marbas inferred that she would not like to do so while she feared he might leave her on her own. Smart of her, to rope him into guarding her while she slept.

Marbas found himself feeling vaguely annoyed, for a moment. The ploy for her favor had gone swimmingly, he thought, but what did one do once they gained the esteem of another? As nice as Siren seemed, she was not very useful.

But he still remembered the sweet, doe-eyed surprise in her eyes as she'd emerged from the water, sneezing salt out of her nose. Somehow, she seemed useful enough.