He offered to stay up with Drael first, allowing Valla to sleep at the beginning.  He didn't need to know her as well as he did to know she was dog tired, but he had expected her to at least stay awake long enough for the fire to get going.  But he didn't wake her, instead sitting there and watching her as she slept, head turning to look out beyond the clearing, watching for other things as well.  He and Drael didn't speak much, but there was enough that passed that there was conversation.<br/><br/>But finally Drael broke the silence, "You're not like her, you know..." she announced, almost as if she were waiting for Valla to slip into the deepest sleep before broaching the subject, "Joke we will, but I can see in her a pure light.  You... there is a darkness that that bubbles, not sure if it will burn like Valla or collapse in on itself.  I know how you look at her," she added, not stopping for him to respond, "But remember that when you feel your weakest.  The Blighted were once like us.  But they fell to their darkness and nearly destroyed us all.  The Lord and Lady sacrificed themselves to end the war... but the Blighted remain.  I see that you can be bad.  But bad is okay.  Evil... evil is bad that has convinced itself that it is good."  Tommy just looked at her, but he agreed.  He knew the difference - he'd seen it himself.<br/><br/>But he didn't want to talk about it.  Never wanted to talk about it.  And for hours the two of them just sat there, watching until Valla began to stir.  Drael stood and fluttered her wings, shaking her head, "I am going to sleep.  Think about what I've said, Tommy.  You are are far, far too handsome to become one of them," she said, leaning over and kissing his cheek and running her shimmering fingers over his cheek.  She walked over and pressed Valla's shoulder, making sure she was at least waking up before she flitted up into a hook of the tree, curling into a ball before becoming invisible, only the soft beating of her wings letting either human know she was still there... somewhere.