Once Aria found sleep she literally fell into it. One moment she was staring at the ceiling and she was unaware of anything else until her eyes blinked open the next morning. She saw that Phoenix was awake and looking at her, and smiled. “Good morning, handsome.” Her words and the look in her eyes were flirtatious, but her voice was still heavy with sleep.<br/><br/>~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~<br/><br/>Tamlin came back to the cave from the forest with a bucket of water that she meant to use to make some oatmeal for breakfast before they headed out. Marcus had already packed supplies for their journey as he spent last night mildly restless. Seeing Blazil there, she smiled. “Are you nervous? I always get anxious before the start of a journey.” Marcus was still sleeping, but TamLin knew he would be up and stirring about soon and that they would move on shortly after that.