Again, there was a short silence when no one immediately said that they would stay behind. And once more, it was Ahnasha who spoke up, though much more quickly this time. "Personally, I think Tzirret, Gallus, and La'khay deserve a break after their encounter, especially since Gallus probably needs time to heal."

No one outside Gallus' group protested, so Meesei nodded in response. "Very well, if you so choose, you three can stay and watch the camp tomorrow. If not, you can take anyone's place in the search. Now, I believe I shall get some rest." 

As Meesei headed off to her bedroll, many of the others started to do the same. So far, their spirits were relatively high after their first day of searching, though it was easy to see how this routine might quickly become dull, and there was no real way of knowing how long it would last.

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The next morning, everyone began to awaken with the first light that managed to filter its way through the trees, apart from Kaleeth who had awoken about half an hour prior to comfort Newt after a nightmare. A few of the group, like Meesei, Lorag, and Do'ajee were eager to get back to the search and forced themselves to get up despite their grogginess, while others were slower to rise. To help move things along more quickly, Kaleeth and Do'ajee started readying everyone's breakfast so they could start eating as soon as they were awake. 

Ahnasha was normally quick to rise and start helping the others, but this time she sat up on her bedroll and paused as she watched Rhazii sleeping on the bedroll beside her. Sometimes, she found it nice to just stop worrying about their mission for a moment and spend some time with her family. Unless she stayed back to watch the camp, most of potentially the few weeks would be spent away from Rhazii, so she needed to take the time while she could. 

Peiter awoke shortly afterwards, facing both Sabine and the sun. She was still asleep, but with the growing activity in the camp, she would not be that way for long. As such, he thought she might consider it sweet for him to lean in and awaken her with a kiss.