There seemed to be a little reluctance from Navia at first, perhaps a little skepticism wondering if he was just luring her in to only further push his thoughts and concerns for her safety further. But that thought seemed to leave her as she dumped the pile of wood she collected in with the rest Théadan had already deposited on the ground nearby. Navia did come back to his side, taking her seat beside him, the tiredness from being woken up in the middle of the night setting in. She leaned against him, resting her head on his shoulder and spoke her reassurance that she understood his desire to protect her and the child both, pointedly reminding him she felt the same, she had no desire to put herself in harms way. It made Théadan hate the necessity of it, that they had been forced into dangerous situations by a world that had not been prepared to accept them together. There would be safety in Mandira, his worrying over her safety could lessen once Navia was surrounded by family once more.<br/><br/>Navia laid herself down more, making herself comfortable to get some sleep in. Théadan was glad she wasn't about to make him debate with her over who put in the first watch. With her head coming to rest in his lap, Théadan could lean back against the tree, watch the fire dance and listen. She addressed his concerns over how the balance of responsibility had seemingly shifted, admitting she currently had the larger share and he could only help, but as she pointed out at some point it would all shift on to him. He could see Navia understood that a time would come when she would have to be reliant on him and others, and he could tell she was not looking forward to that time either. She used that shift in responsibility to make her point for why he needed to be prepared to let her handle herself here and now, they still had their journey to Mandira to make, and there would be more dangers along the way. It was a point that was hard to argue against, he could not protect her from everything.<br/><br/>Théadan gave a reluctant nod of agreement to Navia deciding it was unfair for him to ask her to put all her trust in him, when he was so hesitant to trust he in any dangerous situation. She was then talking about khussas, and whether she could trust him with simply putting them on her feet. It was such a bizarre twist on their discussion he had to look down briefly at Navia to see the humour alight in her eyes to understand her attempt to lighten the conversation. He let out a snort of air from his nose at the sillyness of her example, shaking his head. "Well you know you can't trust me to put your khussas on your feet." Théadan remarked, reaching down to run his fingers through her hair. "If I wasn't seizing the opportunity to tickle your feet, I'd be putting on mismatching shoes to your feet, knowing you wouldn't be able to see them." He grinned at the thought of it and tried to picture what it would look like to see Navia so properly dressed in beautiful attire, only to have two completely mismatched shoes on her feet, and it made him laugh. "Then you'll be left walking around Mandira's castle wondering why you're getting such strange looks from everyone you pass by."<br/><br/>He chuckled at the imagery, before settling down and trying to picture helping Navia in the months ahead. Before he had only really considered the essential things, helping her walk around, if she started feeling tired, or making sure she had whatever food she desired. But while Navia had joked about the shoes, it was true he would likely have to help in the future, and that made him wonder what else he would have to help with that he was not in the slightest bit prepared for. "I suspect when the time comes where you do need more help from me, you'll have to teach me a few things." He said softly, his fingers still running down her hair, finding the tips of her hair before returning as high as her cheek before repeating their descent through her hair again. "There will be a lot I won't know what to do. There will be a lot of adjusting for the both of us in the months ahead. We'll be adjusting to how the child affects out relationship, adjusting to living in Mandira, and adjusting to how your people view us being together." There was a lot of question marks ahead, with neither of them having the answers to everything in their future. They would have to solve a lot together as a duo. "We certainly haven't chosen boring lives for ourselves."