What happened while I was gone?!
"Well, we shall offer no more, fair Tarkheena." Thilayn said to the still form. She, herself, was feeling rather tired at the moment, having spent an entire night with exciting interludes of newcomers arriving in various dramatic ways. She saw the old man struggle to get up. Instinctively, abandoning her cold demeanor, Thilayn helped Holeal to stand. "I trust you are going to gather wood? I'll join you. God knows, I can do with a little walk." Thilayn stretched luxuriously and yawned widely before setting off after the old man.