Cassian POV
Lyra surprises me again by offering to take the first watch before I even have a chance to bring the subject up.
I wave her down, though.
“I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping for at least a couple of hours,” I say.
I’ve slowed down a bit, but I’m still stripping pieces of meat away from the big chunk we cooked and nibbling on them.
She eyes me critically.
“You should take it easy on that,” she says. “You’re going to give yourself a stomach ache.”
“What are you, my mother?”
“Do whatever you want,” she says. “I’m just saying.”
“Yeah, well, I know my body. Besides, I don’t want the meat to go to waste.”
“So fine. Eat up. Don’t let me tell you what to do.”
She shrugs.
“Do you want the first watch, then?”
“Sure.”
I raise my eyebrows.
“You trust me to take i
