A few hours. I wondered about letting you rest longer, but I don't know how long we have until the storm decides to make its return.

[ he makes a wave towards the ceiling, showing her: silence. no thuds from the roof that echoes into the room. no thunder that snaps in the air after lightning strikes. a quieter night for her to sleep through, and he would let her had they been elsewhere. this is not a safe world for them to do anything other than survive. that he can do, but obviously to him she can't fight.

a good thing he's around then. on the other hand, if they've never met then she wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place. if he was never brought into this world in the first place, he would have never met wendy lin.

august decides to give her a playful smile. ]

Unless you'd rather sleep in more?