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"Do you ever pray?" she whispered.
He thought a moment. "Yes, I suppose I do."
"For what?"
He didn't need to think about this one. "The children."
She doesn't say anything, and for a while it was quiet, to the point where he thoguht she had fallen asleep. Until he heard her sniff.
"What's wrong?" he asked immediately, rolling onto his side to face her. He saw the dim form of her head shake slightly. "Alex..."
She shook her head vehemently, instead rolling to face him. Without saying anything, she moved closer to him until she was burrowed nearly under him, seraching for his warmth. All he could do was wrap an arm around her and hold her as he felt the tremors from her quiet sobbing. He had a feeling he knew the reason behind her earlier questions and the reason for why she was crying. It was why he prayed, it was what woke him in the middle of the night. It was the children.