Redsand Canyon When I first saw you, the end was soon

She did not consider how her words might worry him, but they were the truth. She simply worried for her Matrona and the children, and wanted to be there in case something had happened to her… it would take time for the medicus to travel to the palazzo, even if it was not a terribly lengthy venture. She preferred to simply skip the middle man.
 
His head settled over her shoulder and she laid her head down, curled up tight against him as she offered a soft hum of agreement, her eyes slowly drifting close and it did not take terribly long at home for her to fade into a dreamless sleep. Occasionally, there was even a soft snore which simply proved how dug into her rest she was. She credited him and his soothing presence for all of it, though the wearisome events of the day certainly did not hurt.