(SE) so we light up (O)

VAI The huntress ”Nope, huh,” Vai echoed, grinning up at him as his wing lifted to make an eyepatch, before she shook her head and turned to focus on putting one foot in front of the other. The going was much easier now that the more sober of them was doing all the walking, and once they were off the sand and Vai got into a decent rhythm, they were making good headway up and past Safrin’s lighthouse. Not that much could be seen over the grey wall of the sea, the rain misting everything into monochrome. ”Now that sounds like a fine plan,” she intoned when he mentioned going inside and getting sleep. A smile ghosted across her face, the slope of their houses coming into view only a few minutes later, and Vai walked - for the second time - up to Sunjata’s doorstep. ”Safe and sound,” she murmured, leaning down so the parrot could hop off her shoulder and shift back to two legs. ”You want the rest of this?” She offered the last of the bottle of whiskey.