Blue's bravado managed to earn a breathy laugh. "Whatever helps you get to sleep," he chimed, his free hand coming to a rest at the leg draped across his hip. The majority of her weight laid comfortably against him, cuddled up against his chest and side. It'd almost been so long that he'd forgotten how nice and anxiety-relieving to just lay with someone. Between the comfort and warmth that she brought and the fact that he hadn't slept well since they'd left Termina, Lex could almost see himself drifting off to sleep.<br/><br/>Almost.<br/><br/>He wasn't sure how long it had been exactly before Marcus found them. It was long enough for Blue to have fallen asleep, and almost long enough for the sounds of her steady breathing to put him to sleep, too. The whisper from his side took him by surprise at first, pulling him out of his between-sleep twilight. "Hey, you awake?" Marcus asked, after Lex had already opened his eyes.<br/><br/>"No," he answered, keeping his voice at a low timbre so as not to wake Blue. His eyes slipped shut again. Staying in bed seemed so much more preferable than having Dicen poke around at his eyes in a colossal waste of everyone's time. "Is it that time already?"<br/><br/>"Time for her, anyway," Marcus replied.<br/><br/>Lex hummed softly to himself and opened his eyes. The arm that had been wrapped around Blue, in its slightly numbed state, slid up to her shoulders. He carefully brushed back some of her hair in an attempt to rouse her. "Hey, you."