Bramblepoint [M] Everyone swimming in a champagne sea

When all was said and done Ibis and the man would part, likely never seeing one-another again.

It felt good to have a method of distraction; he had left her skin buzzing, her head dizzy with happy thoughts, which was all she had been after. A part of her wanted him to return home to the fen alongside her, but the longer she thought about that (and the effects of their coupling faded) the more obvious things became. He could not come back with her. This was to be their secret rendezvous — and that was fine, too. Explaining herself (to him, or to her family) was the last thing on Ibis' mind.

Ibis took the time to rest and then sought a clean source of water with which to bathe herself, before finally turning back to the mountain path and finding her way to the medical camp; she had more work to do, much as she enjoyed the interlude.