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๐„๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ([personal profile] vergeltung) wrote 2022-11-06 06:58 am (UTC)

...Mm.

[ She tries not to bristle too much at the way he speaks, knowing by now this is just who he is and not a slight against her, even if her own experiences mean that she can't help but want to interpret it that way. It doesn't help that she's already shivering again, because the closeness was driving her crazy in other ways and she's not sure how much longer she can handle it forโ€”

But if she's asleep, that will help, surely.

She nods. ]


At least Ruin Guards and their ilk are more likely to guard from a stationary position than come hunting for us. But I understand your point.

[ With that said, she moves to lie down, and there's a sharp hiss from between her lips when her back touches the cold stone even through the material of their combined bed rolls; another shudder runs through her, its strength making it visible despite her best efforts to conceal it, and she curls up tighter against herself, drinking in as much of his warmth as she can from here without needing to practically lie on him. ]

Wake me after four hours.

[ Her tone is sharp, colder than it should be by rights, given how long they have sat here talking. Yet that strange need to protect herself has resurfaced, freezing a cage around her the moment she forced herself further away from his warmth. ]

And if you need to move to get more comfortable, do so now. If you wake me early, the vengeance visited on you will not be pleasant.

[ With that said, she closes her eyes, willing sleep to come. ]

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