(A quick glance back 5 pages or so reveals that, for Artair, Renata and Alex are settling down for the night. Alex is lying about not being warmed up to her yet, and Artair's grinning at him knowingly. Last post was something like "Alex looks at Artair sleepily. 'What are you grinning at?'" )<br/><br/>"You know well enough," replies Artair, settling down in one of the warm folds of Renata's belly.<br/><br/>Zasx remains unconscious as he's carried away, and would stay that way without some proper help. His heartrate is low, his core temperature is lower than safe for a creature like him (read: most mammals), and he's got quite a bit of sea water in his lungs...