Nocturne Summit Castle in the sky

easier. "perhaps." he shifted, feeling at last the long days in his hipbones. unable to stretch in their cave, he was resigned to a harsher sleep. but their shared warmth surrounded the pair. the eagle's body began to slacken into something like peace. 

any other time, he would have willed himself to sleep. but now —

"perhaps it might bring its own set of trials."

yet his voice was warm, ending as a yawn broke over his silvermoon jaws.