"I'm not telling you to leave Brenn. I wouldn't let you. I don't know how you survived this long alone without someone to take care of you." She smirked over at him. "It is no surprise you got yourself into trouble a time or two. You do not always have your head on straight."
She turned her hand to hold his, giving it a small squeeze. "Everything will work out. I just need to speak to Signy about you... and I'm sure she'll agree to put you under her protection." She gave him a small smile. "Right now I'm so tired. You must be too. Just stay here with me a bit."
How simple things had been once, when they'd been young, before the village was gone. How simple and clear-cut the future had seemed ahead of them. To be guardians at the temple; she as a warrior, he with his magic, to be life long friends, to raise families alongside one another. There the only worry was finding enough food through a harsh winter, now the worry was if he was found out... he might be taken away or worse still, killed.