Broken Boulder oh, give me a break already

oh jeez oh jeez it's happening. delight whines, pressing his nose against queenie's cheek if she'll let him get close enough, accepting the, uh, leaves that alarian shoves at him. he listens to the explanation, or tries to, his heart hammering so loud he can barely hear himself think. leaves: good, seems to be the gist of it. he nods, about ready to chew and regurgitate the leaves into queenie's mouth himself if that's what it takes. 

"you got this," he tells queenie, feeling like he should say something -- he put her in this situation, after all -- but largely he's on standby, on leaf duty. ready with the leaves as soon as queenie needs them. these leaves are now the single most important thing in delight singing-sunlight's life as far as he's concerned.

(oh god oh god oh g