"Let's find a place to set up camp then. We all need the rest." And by 'we' he meant that Aya needed the rest. They were trained for things like this, even trained for going without sleep. His sister wasn't.

"I'll take first watch when we get there."

He couldn't have slept even if he wanted to. There was too much on his mind now. Aya, whom he had to protect. But what would she think of him when she found out that he was a murderer? Someone who had killed for money? Had killed using her name? So many had died by his hands. They haunted him to this very day.

What if she hated him for all of this? Never wanted to see him again? That would be her right really. He couldn't blame her.

And yet, keeping her close was the best way to protect her in this strange world.

Of course, he voiced none of this as he rose up to his feet, Cu staying with Aya by balancing on his shoulder.