She stirs. Murky violet eyes open briefly, then shut again followed by a deep shuddering breath.
"You know, no one bothered me this much when I was dead." she groaned.
"Then, how do we keep getting into these situations?" he asked with a soft chuckle.
"Eleven years of friendship and I still don't know." is her soft reply.
"Then, I guess it's a good thing you're the smart one. Because if I'm the brains of this operation, we are in some serious trouble!" the teasing comeback causes a slight, if pained, smile to soften her face.
"Yeah, what happened, exactly?" she asks, cracking one eye open to peer at him questioningly.
He looks down at her sharply, "Y-you don't remember?"
"My friend, if my memory was any worse, I could plan my own surprise party." she sighs.
He's quiet for a moment, and his eyes travel over her. Her body is littered with scars from old hunts, a living tapestry of near-misses and fights. Subconsciously he thanks the powers that be for the fact that she's still alive, still here, with him.
"Gods, 'dying is easy' was the biggest lie ever, I'm exhausted."
He smiles and gently rubs her forearm, "You know, technically, it wasn't on fire…"
"Of course it wasn't on fire! You completely blew it up!" she grumbles. "You, sir, are going to be the death of me someday."
An impudent grin slithers over his face as she half-heartedly scowls at him.
"What say you focus on recovering, have a kip, have a nosh, and bob's your uncle!" he suggests. "Besides, I've still got some bits 'n bobs to take care of from our last adventure."
She gives him the tiredest version of her usual knife-like glare and reluctantly takes his advice as she once again slips off into the dreamless depths of slumber.
A/N: Hello once again readers! For those of you who seem to enjoy my writing and have reviewed said stories, I gift you with yet another endeavor of mine, a story in which our two lovely characters here will adventure to far away places, make new discoveries and generally have a good time. I do hope you will enjoy reading this first installment as much as I enjoyed writing it. Until next we meet my dears!