Noctisardor Bypass gyonplei

for a few minutes, she only walked in silence, wondering if he would at least join her on the path back to the den. "we're going to move them soon, to a rendezvous deeper in the bypass," she murmured, pitching her voice to carry.
that was safe, right? talking vaguely of all the children while they couldn't see each other's faces? she supposed she would take it.
a silence followed, but this time heda did not perceive it as being a heavy pall so much as a waiting air, and perhaps not even waiting, just gravid with the expectation of more silence or a grunted response.
and in all of that, it was still better.