Kaira only realised how long she’d been sitting there staring at jump space when she became aware of a soft snoring beside her. She glanced over and saw Tarkus had fallen asleep in the pilot seat.
She might have been tempted to leave him be, but the angle he was sitting at looked far from comfortable and he wasn’t exactly getting any younger. She reached out and nudged him gently.
“Hey,” she said. “It looks like it’s time you went to bed. And it’s time I went for a… well, for a lie down.”
Tarkus yawned, then smiled at her.
“Sorry,” he said. “I didn’t want to interrupt you watching the mists. You looked so peaceful. And, to be fair, the three times I did try to speak to you I don’t think you even noticed.”
“What? Three times? Really?”
Tarkus smiled and nodded.
“Yes, though I
