A Drop in the Ocean

"It will be. It usually is, in my experience." Call it habit, but Vervain was more used to sleeping out under the stars these days than indoors, and compared to the Greatwood, Torchline had an incredible view of the stars. She'd made shelter in the shade of a few trees close to the Miana Pool, where travellers liked to sit and rest or nap during the day. And she had just been about to doze off too, when the plunk of a stone hitting the water reached her ears, along with the visitor's broken wish. So now, half sitting up, her blue eyes thankfully adjusted to the dark, she peered across at the pool until she recognised him. "...Sam?" vervain well i'll rest my eyes and i'll let the earth breathe