[ It's actually quite awhile before she wonders if he hasn't fallen asleep after all; even after puzzling out an answer, she keeps quiet.
Maybe he's a light sleeper. What if she moves and he wakes up? Or if he isn't, how will she explain abandoning him to his nap without a goodbye? And if he's still there and simply patient, quiet, and waiting... Maybe she should hum a little to encourage it?
And thus come the first few instinctual notes of her healing incantation under her breath. ]
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Maybe he's a light sleeper. What if she moves and he wakes up? Or if he isn't, how will she explain abandoning him to his nap without a goodbye? And if he's still there and simply patient, quiet, and waiting... Maybe she should hum a little to encourage it?
And thus come the first few instinctual notes of her healing incantation under her breath. ]