Redhawk Caldera I'll just mix 'em in my drink

It was a huge relief to find out that Maia had been alone so he didn't have to send anyone out into the dark to find Wraen and Arcturus. When she apologised he had the urge to shh her again but he didn't, knowing that sometimes you somehow just had to say sorry even if there was nothing to be sorry about. Everybody cried, right? Somehow that fact and act held a different weight when it was someone else doing it.

It's okay. I'm just happy you're here, Eljay said softly, though he hadn't meant to say it like.. Well, that. I mean, because you're safe here. Nobody can hurt you now. As if to test fate Eljay glanced over his shoulder, but there was nothing but darkness there. I'll make sure someone lets them know. Eljay would tell Towhee about it later, and she'd probably send someone out or something. For now though, he just said it because he wanted it off Maia's already strained mind.

Here, careful, there's a little ledge, Eljay said as they reached the top of the Caldera's slopes and he leaned into Maia to support her so that she could get over the edge and into the safer-feeling inner territory of the Caldera.