Ouroboros Spine even now you mark my steps

He'd left the children with Kukutux for a time, following a bad feeling he'd had about Vairë. And, sure enough, he found her... Passed out? Napping? He almost wanted to leave her to her rest, but instead, he hovered nearby to shade her eyes from the sun. Watching her, however, he found himself unable to relax. She moved even in her sleep, and he knew her rest could not be complete.

"Vairë?" he called, his voice soft but gruff with worry. "You alright there, babydoll?"

He worried she was getting sick. She worked to hard! She needed more rest, he thought, and for the very first time, he was of a mind to try and order her to do something.