The Sentinels (they call it lonely digging)

deirdre shook her head to his apology, murmured a faint: non, for he need not apologize. he was here, for the time, and the girl--nearly a year old--simply appreciated his being there, now, in her time of need. she had prayed, and even if only for a short while casmir was here. and so they spent the day together, enjoying the company of one another.