The the hearth, chimney, and room all cleaned and ready to go, Noah built a fire. He was swift, and barely had to think, as he worked through the motions. Noah had nearly built more fires than he had taken breaths in his life. This wasn't second nature, it was first. Halovians who couldn't build fires didn't live -- and Noah had lived a long time, so far.
When he finished, he packed up his cleaning tools and placed them in the wagon. Noah didn't know where to get furniture, nor really how to make it (save for the one piece he ever made, a bassinet). Thus, he followed Alys and let the Grounder-turned-Halovian lead the way. She paid for delivery and Noah offered her more to replenish what she spent. He didn't want to send her away having spent her last coin.
Noah helps Alys!
When he finished, he packed up his cleaning tools and placed them in the wagon. Noah didn't know where to get furniture, nor really how to make it (save for the one piece he ever made, a bassinet). Thus, he followed Alys and let the Grounder-turned-Halovian lead the way. She paid for delivery and Noah offered her more to replenish what she spent. He didn't want to send her away having spent her last coin.
Noah helps Alys!
the forsaken
