in a half awake state i could the feel warmth of a fire coming from my side, I've started many fires in the past so the feeling was unmistakable. Fire? wasn't i swimming, ... swimming... oh yeah i was attacked by that thing...does that mean I succeeded in handling the situation? I was sleepy but not senile i can only think i killed it. This was the first time i ever killed a living thing other then fish, but there was no pride.

Opening my eyes i saw Gwen's body lay resting on the side of a wall ,while i was using her lap as a pillow, nice. She wasn't even complaining like usual so i pretended to be asleep, or i tried to. Dang she saw me open my eyes , guess I'm caught i should thank her for giving me the rifle right on time. Any later and i would've been done for.

"Thanks for saving me back there "

her facial expressions shifted a thousand times in 1 second before she laid my head on the floor much to my dismay, back to square one i guess. Not long after she assumed a groveling position, but why?

"Farron I'm sorry i failed you , i should've been there ... please don't tell the prince"

... Oh i see because i got injured and almost died , she must think she's responsible for that .Reliable as always which i found funny how she didn't see that .Im the one who told her to wait by the tree, if i just let her guard me properly none of this could've even happened, i could've even told her to hunt for me. Not only that but when i needed help, she did so without complaint throwing me the Plasma rifle at the perfect angle. Looking down i could see even the wound on my stub of a left leg was stitched and bandaged , it was painless. only way her actions made sense, is if she didn't understand the flesh and bone gets injured easily , i mean what could she even had done see into the future, not like she tried to kill me... this time anyway. Who would've thought that i'd like her proud attitude more.

"Get up" i said

She stay completely still, was she actually fearful. So i guess that answered my previous question the zyanites feared the royal family. I had no intention of snitching on the person who just saved my life though, I managed to sneak my head back into her lap, good thing i woke up who knows what type of crazy thoughts she was making up.

"why would i tell the prince, calm down your freaking me out"- i said laying on her

"but i failed you, you almost got eaten"

"depends on what you focus on"

I was getting tired of this back and forth, nothing was going to happen .If anything her reaction tells me she was the right person to be here. I could see her wind up to say something... better interrupt

shhhhhh its ok just shhh I'm not that heartless, we all make mistakes"

Finally silencing her i savored the moment of me being alive and went back to sleep.

I woke up to the irresistible smell of food, notably delicious meat. i turned my head to face the fire , only to see kabobs roasting over the it, yummy. I noticed i was still laying on her lap so she must've done this and put me back into the same position, not that i minded .That was nice of her

"you're awake... the food isn't ready yet. You can lay your head for as long as you want i wont rush you"

UHM something was off ,This wasn't like Gwen she was never this caring. Is she trying to make up for earlier , it kind of annoyed me .Not the fact that she was being sweeter but the fact the she didn't believe me when i said i wouldn't tell, i mean that would only encourage pointless conflict .At my core i was a peace loving individual. I wasn't going to say anything till visions of what Beara said flashed into my mind communication can go a long way was it. What do i even say .

"err you know i appreciate this but you don't hav-

"I want to" she said before i could even formulate my sentence

"I know bu-"

"LOOK!" she echoed through the cave While we lifted me and grabbed me from my shoulders. This reminded me of when we first met, only thing is now she trying to beg for forgiveness .Oh how the times have changed and we're both different people, but in some ways the same. I already knew where her spiel was going ,she must think I'm just being nice .still as hard headed as ever ,grabbing her arms i swung my weight knocking her off balance she hit the floor with a thud. Using this opportunity i mounted her , using my arms to pin her down. Obviously if she really wanted to she could throw me but she allowed me the dignity to say what i had to.

"No you look, I'm not being nice i really meant all those things i said"

" Its pointless to keep thinking about this past we ca-"

Seeming like she had enough of my dialogue instantly switching our positions to where now she was on top.

"I was your knight you don't understand how bad what i did was that's the only reason you're saying this is because you lived. All this time i was so rude, so arrogant, so"

not this again when did she start caring so much about her "knight" duty. This was ridiculous i needed to get the upper hand but she was at least 300 pounds of space steel no way i was going to do that from this position .So i did the only my 200 IQ could think of under the pressure, I grabbed her waist and pulled her into a hug with all my might forcing her down to my level. I sensed this was the make it or break it moment , i needed to say something true and comforting ..

"i don't know what you were thinking but i don't agree. You were there when i needed you most so nothing else matters to me. Just continue to be the Gwendolyn i know , that's all i would ever ask"

"Its ok" i whispered

That was the last of her resistance as she pulled me into a tighter hug. I couldn't say she was taking the wind out of my lungs , not after what just happened so i choose just focus on breathing .We stayed like that for at least 10minutes , then she got up and put her back to the wall pulling my hand to interlock with hers. I felt bad , at times like this i remember that she actually has emotion of her own. what could have made her react so badly i had no idea but now was not the time to ask.

"can we stay like this for a while" Gwen asked in a very low tone

"id love to"

"You called me sublime ... did you mean it?"

I cant believe she asked me that i did remember that, looking over her she was actually much more attractive then i cared to admit. Nothing to lose at this point

"You're incredible, of course i meant it"

"heh ,look at Romeo over here" was all she said

.This seemed to cross the border of consolidation to down right intimacy .I was actually trying not get embarrassed but if i had the balls to say all those things i damn well better back it up .I guess we were finally getting to know each other. After what felt like a eternity of machine bliss ,i was starting to remember i was hungry, ravenous in fact. Like she could read my mind she said

"aren't you hungry yet? it might be a little well done so i could always go hunt something else"

as she released me. I was disappointed but needed to obtain sustenance, rushing over to the grilled meat i started munching. Sounds of my lips smacking filled the cave , this didn't taste half bad for something with no seasoning what so ever. Gwen was just watching me so i decided to make a little conversation.

"so what was the thing from that tried to eat me?"

She seemed to cringe a little when i mentioned it but composed her self

"A sea raptor normally the don't enter lakes due to their size but i guess this lake must be connected to the ocean."

"mhh cool" i said in between bites sensing it was a sensitive topic. I wanted to ask for a detailed description but who knows where that convo would go. Finishing my meal i walked over to my stuff placed neatly into one pile. Finding my journal i wrote all the events that happened ... when she called it a diary i guess she was right. That was unmanly though so i'll continue to say journal.

"writing in your diary again? do you need information about the sea raptor" she said teasingly

ACK, lets act like we didn't hear that and im glad she mentioned it not me

"Journal, and yes I'm trying to recall todays events"

"you could've just asked I'm not that soft, sea raptors come in mostly black ,brown, and blue sometimes green. They start out 10meters when born but can grow up to me 1000meters in length"

1000 meters, that's enormous , the one we killed must've been a adolescent.

"you gonna put the parts were we embraced too?"

She always knew how to catch me off guard but i can play along

"yea, that was the best part"

MPHH she folded her arms and looked away ,haha got her. OH there is a rest of the world...how long have we been here.

"Gwen how long have we been here"

"3 days"

that's insane, how did i lose track of time like that

"the time sure passes by, we should get going it'll be morning in a couple of hours right"

"Farron ... how have you not noticed you've regrown your foot"

Looking down and she was right my foot was right there like it was never torn off, freaky .If the was part of Janus's powers i would be delighted but i don't think he mentioned anything about limb regeneration. staring at my perplexed face she filled in the blanks.

"i healed it with a medicine syringe. you don't have to thank me" She was so childish ,obviously she wanted praise

"Thank you for the healing and explanation"

"when it becomes morning we can head back until then we can just relax"

She was back to her normal self which made me feel good.

"Aye aye captain"

"what"

she didn't get the reference.

"Yea sure" i said as i put the book down and walked over to her side. She Noticeably shook a little

"do you want to watch the sunrise together?"

"yes " she replied without hesitation

grabbing the book and plasma rifle , i had all my near gear equipped looking stunning if i did say so myself.

We walked out of the cave into a nice clear opening only for my butt to plop onto the grass .Gwen laid down right beside me , if not directly on me ... she was getting really close. I cant say didn't like it, how did we become enemies to real friends , if anything i was thankful for that .we knew each other for a week. Sometime when we were laying down she ended up grabbing my hand,

some things words couldn't describe and i got a rising feeling my chest. It was like magic as i slowly watched the sun glow over her jet black frame.

we watched the sunrise together leaving all our cares behind us