I found myself awake before Maximus, but I didn’t want to disturb him, so I just laid there, taking in the warmth he provided me as I watched the small bugs with glowing lights dance around the space above us. The sun had gone down long ago, leaving the moon to wander this place alone. The sky was clear, you could see every spec of star that lined the sky. It made me wonder if this world was still in the same solar system or how that worked.
It wasn’t until Maximus stirred that I pushed the thoughts of space and all its mysteries behind me.
“Rest well?” I asked as I finally allowed my arms and legs to stretch out. I still felt stiff, and my one leg still hurt, but I could tell that the healing my body did was almost finished. The swelling I had once felt was gone, the cut on my lip was
