"Not by much," Narsi said. "You just left out the part where she was decided she was going to go out fighting after everything went to shit. She was ready to die and kill as many of those Vile fuckers as she could along the way. She only ran 'cause she learnt I existed." She caught herself before she raised her voice any further. "She wasn't tryin' to get out of it for herself."

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"Finally here, after all this time," Janius said during their wait, taking in the air.

His demeanour was much more high and confident. An effort put on for Kaleeth -- he was internally nervous and looking at every errant shape in the marsh trees. Janius did not think in his rational mind that they would be attacked on sight but his gut told him just enough lies to put him on-edge. However, in the face of Kaleeth's voiced doubt, he did not feel the need to speak. He simply gave her a smile, took her hand, and held on reassuringly.

They had come this far together. They could take this step.