Ocean's Breath Plateau motherbreath

She'd scarcely strayed from Tullik's side since Chakliux had left them together. Marina found comfort in the woman's presence, though she scarcely found it in herself to speak to her. It was difficult to find the energy for conversation.

She brightened to see Chakliux's return, however, if only by fractions. Marina glanced to Tullik, half hanging back for a moment so that they might go to him together. And when she did reach him, she pressed her nose to his shoulder, still altogether too exhausted to search for any words she might say. There was no need to play at normalcy, not here. She was just glad to see him returned and unharmed.