Northstar Vale veer—zaara

he gave her an incredibly puzzled look as she began to speak, his confusion only growing as she fell silent and looked sheepish. chalking it up to exhaustion, he shrugged and kept guiding her toward the copse. once they arrived, he sat down, tiredness tugging at his own eyelids.

we should be fine here, for now, adi murmured, blinking slowly at her. get some sleep. i'll keep watch until you're more rested.

a fine watchman he would be, with how sleepy he was. but at least he was in better shape than dawn, and he'd weathered worse before. they would be fine.