[ Any message is an improvement right now. A message they can actually understand, and one that promises that in a few hours they should be back on the ship and back to safety, is a pretty damn good reason for him to practice some optimism. It won't do them any good to start grumbling right now, anyway.
A hundred things could go wrong before then. The way she keeps looking at the path they came from is leaving his hairs standing on end already, his own eyes darting back to it before he looks back to her. ]
It's alright. I'm not that tired. [ He shrugs. ] Maybe we can keep each other company 'til sunrise.
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A hundred things could go wrong before then. The way she keeps looking at the path they came from is leaving his hairs standing on end already, his own eyes darting back to it before he looks back to her. ]
It's alright. I'm not that tired. [ He shrugs. ] Maybe we can keep each other company 'til sunrise.