Navia's suggestion didn't feel particularly likely to Théadan, if Varinata was a horse used to the farm, would leopards really come prowling around those areas? They would likely know how dangerous humans were and would think better of approaching land commonly trod and lived in by people. It did not seem likely Varinata would have come across a leopard before, perhaps she was merely reacting on instinct, seeing something low slinking towards her, baring teeth and looking vicious, he was sure most animals could understand the look of a predator stalking towards them. She was calm now however, and that's what mattered, perhaps still a little ruffled, and standing closer to Wyndagar than she had been, still making the occasional grumbling sounds.<br/><br/>Théadan had wanted to get plenty of rest after the fright of coming face to face with a leopard in the middle of the night. It would give her more of a chance to rest and recuperate, but of course she was seeking parity between them, not willing to settle with him just staying up to keep watch, but wanting to divide the duties between the two of them. It made him frown, just just knew Navia was going to struggle in the months to come when the pregnancy demanded she be more dependent on others to help, and there would likely be the odd argument combined with one or two times where her stubbornness made her not accept her limitations. It was such an obvious future to his eyes that Théadan was giving a shake of his head as even with Navia's bruised shoulder she still insisted on helping to gather the firewood, refusing to heed the signals her own body gave as she paused to soothe her shoulder upon trying to retrieve the first piece of wood.<br/><br/>There were excuses of course for why she may as well assist gathering wood, claiming she would not be able to sleep anyway until the fire was burning. All Théadan muttered was, "Stubborn." with a shake of his head, knowing there would be no making her settle back down in her seat while he did all the work. The only think he could do was gather as much wood as he could quickly, and get a good sized fire going to make Navia stop and settle down all the sooner. What Navia did have though was fair reasoning for why she had sought to assist the horses. They had been the safer of the two problems they had faced, yet it did not make him feel any better knowing she had been in harms way at all. "I know, I know." He murmured, dumping down enough wood for them to build a whole other fire, and easily enough to see them through to dawn. "You're right, looking after the horses was the safer job of the two, I would not have been able to handle all of it by myself." He admitted and reluctantly agreed. "Under no circumstances would I have ever wanted you to be the one facing down the leopard." It would have only been terrifying for him to watch had those positions been reversed.<br/><br/>Easing himself back down into the seat, and picking up one of the longer sticks they had, he poked the fire a little, moving one of the larger sticks on top to give their fire more air to breathe and grow all the quicker. He then looked Navia's way and patted the bed roll beside him, wanting her to join him at his side once more. "You understand my worries though, right?" He asked sincerely. The added worries that came with Navia being pregnant changed things a bit, it changed the priorities, changed the situation in moments of danger. "You know I trust you to handle yourself, and that I respect and agree with your desire to be equals in all things, to share and divide our responsibilities." That always had been part of the basis of their relationship, it sometimes took a little communicating to make sure things remained that way, but it was what they strove for, and something Théadan tried to factor in. "Things between us...they're not so equal now. You carry a responsibility now that I can only try to assist and protect however I can." When ever he looked at her now, he could see two lives he needed to protect. "A bruised shoulder, even that is enough to make me fret."