Elann was glad that he discounted her apology and seemed to feel it was alright. That caused her to smile. She understood that he wanted to protect her; it was why he was with her at all despite their fights they had been having. His ultimate failure to do so she could easily see affecting him, particularly in his weakened state, but Elann saw him still as her protector. Even in his current state, he kept her from death when the bandits attacked and completely showed his ability to fight just as great as any desert warrior for his family. It warmed her heart to think about.

"Good," she said in agreement that they could walk. Though she was still afraid inside, she felt a little better, willing to come to him with her fears and express them. He could feel where once there was terror, now there was a calm comforting buzz from her, and it was only at his words.

Noah's laughter rang out, bringing a brilliant smile to her face as she curiously longed to hear exactly why he thought it was funny. She was serious to a point, but as he explained, she too laughed. 

"Yeah...to me, this is even a homeless person's tent." 

Her people's tents were huge, spanning some fifty feet in some cases and filled with multiple rooms. This was just a small thing, and while Benshiran made, it was nothing like home.

He rubbed his jaw, the action making Elann think of him as more a man than a boy. 

"How about tomorrow we go when the sun is up to the river before everyone gets up and get you a bath, shave you and let you get cleaned up, since we are staying up tonight anyways?"

It seemed like a good idea to her, and due to the forest being thinner here, it was not far to the river and wouldn't be as much of a challenge for him as it would have been before.

Elann was close in her guess and it was clear her mind was not the same as the divine blessing of her fortune telling or else she would have truly been able to cheat and know each card. She was currently winning and couldn't help but chuckle a little at his fake whine.

"I am, and you are going to lose," she chuckled and revealed a ten after he guessed, though his words made her hand linger a moment. In another blush, she looked down until he joked with her. She looked back up with a smile, showing she thought it was funny and took in a breath, subtly mentioning, "I like it when you tell me I'm pretty like that. I grew up being told I was not pretty, too skinny, hair like a camel's back, umm...that I have a voice like a whining dog, and small breasts, not capable of feeding a child. I've been told I'd never have children, and if I did they'd likely be too frail to live in the desert heat." She shrugged, showing it didn't bother her. "So it's nice to hear sometimes when you think I'm pretty or that I looked better than the brides of Syliras, because to me, they are really pretty."

"I guess high again."