Firefly Ravine while i pondered weak and weary

He loved how cold she was. Never having seen anything even resemble a hint of a smile in her features, Caius recognized her expression to be one of love, and the fleshy commissures of his bill pulled up slightly in a bird version of a smile. He was genuinely happy to see her, but although he knew she cared for him their relationship wasn't really one of mutual demonstration of their feelings, so he didn't actually say it.

Good, yourself? he replied to her polite greeting, looking at her through one eye, and then twisting his head to look through the other. I don't really have much to report other than a couple packs along the coast, he said, knowing that sooner or later Invictus would be asking about that. What's the plan? he was curious. He knew she was headed north, but they had never really spoken about an actual destination.