It had appeared as though an argument was brewing between them and Navia had been fully prepared to stand her ground in the belief she had done what was right in the face of the leopard. Instead Théadan surprised her by agreeing with her, even if it was done with reluctance and an obvious unease with the reality of their situation. He even agreed he wouldn’t have wanted her to be the one dealing with the leopard if they had for some reason traded places. Navia eyed him coolly as he admitted it, her search for more firewood pausing so she could try to figure out if he was going to somehow twist his words in a way that would have her growing defensive all over again. It did not come however, and she looked on as Théadan sat back on one of the bedrolls and stoked their growing fire.<br/><br/>At first Navia only eyed the bedroll when Théadan patted it as an invitation for her to join him back on it. She could not deny it was tempting; she was tired and frazzled from having been woken up in the dead of night and she wanted nothing more than to curl up beside Théadan and fall back to sleep. He had also gathered enough firewood that they likely didn’t even need the pieces she had found, but Navia still moved to add them to the pile beside the fire instead of abandoning the wood. That left her with no choice but to admit to herself there was no need to be on the defensive so she could join him back on the ground. She did understand why he was worried anyway and she wanted to be sensitive to those feelings of his but in her mind, he needn’t try to take on everything on his own.<br/><br/>With an exhausted sigh, Navia sat back down beside Théadan, leaning her uninjured shoulder against him while her near-black eyes scanned the encroaching darkness around them. Wanting to put the expectation to see golden eyes glinting at them from the darkness out of her mind, Navia let her head fall to rest on Théadan’s shoulder. “I know this feels more disproportionate than our relationship usually is,” she agreed, thinking of how the pair of them always did their best to share their responsibilities as equally as possible, “And I know you want to protect me and the child, so you don’t want me in any danger…but trust me, Théadan, I don’t want to be either. You’re not the only one who worries about the safety of our baby.”<br/><br/>Sitting back down on the comfy bedroll with the fire large and bright and the darkness of night still prominent caused sleep to beckon to her. Navia knew she was going to end up taking Théadan’s suggestion she sleep, even if she did so for a little while before she tried to make him sleep as well. To try to get comfortable, she lowered down to lay on her side and rest her head in Théadan’s lap. It took a moment of adjusting and ensuring her shoulder would not be jostled too much to get comfortable, Navia was soon staring into the large, anti-leopard fire Théadan had built up, her loose hair fanned across his lap and her body curled up on the bedroll. “So yes, right now I have the larger responsibility and you can only assist me, but sooner than later, it’s all going to be on you, Théadan,” Navia glanced up at him briefly before sighing and looking back at the fire.<br/><br/>“Before we know it, I won’t have the luxury of being so independent and will have to rely on you for a lot…” She trailed off thinking of how much she would probably try to resist that and she shrugged, rolling her torso so she could look up at Théadan better, “You have to let me handle myself now while I still can. We will be in Mandira soon, where we will be far safer, but until then I might have to be in situations we don't like and you're going to have to trust me to take care of myself. Otherwise how can you ever expect me to put all my trust in you when I can no longer do everything on my own? It should go both ways, shouldn't it?” A smirk flitting to her lips, Navia's dark eyes hinted as mischief when she asked, "How else will I know I can trust you to be there to help me put my khussas on when I can no longer see my feet?" She knew he would be, knew he would be there every step of the way, but she couldn't resist a little tease to lighten their conversation.